来自 láizì▶ มาจาก

Stroke order

来自 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 来 — 7 strokes
• 自 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. to come from (a place)
2. From: (in email header)

Example sentences

• 他来自一个南方的小城市。Tā láizì yī ge nánfāng de xiǎo chéngshì.He comes from a small city in the south.
• 这些学生来自世界各地。Zhèxiē xuéshēng láizì shìjiè gèdì.These students come from all over the world.

Related words

• 从来เสมอ
• 原来ต้นฉบับ
• 将来อนาคต
• 本来เดิมที
• 自信ความมั่นใจในตนเอง
• 自然ธรรมชาติ; เป็นธรรมชาติ

来自 is pronounced láizì and means “มาจาก”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 来自 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.