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⽊Radical 75 · 7 strokes

to come

HSK 1 (2.0)HSK 1 (3.0)9 meanings#33
MEANING9 meanings

MEANING

  1. 壹动verb

    to come

    中从某个地方移动到说话人或其他地点cóng mǒu ge dìfang yídòng dào shuōhuàrén huò qítā dìdiǎn

    • ?

      When will you come to my house?

    • 。

      All my friends came to my birthday party.

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    • ?

      What country are you from?

    • 。

      Our eyes need time to adjust to the dark.

    • ?

      What is his purpose in coming here?

    • 。

      You should have come a little earlier.

    • 。

      You should have come a little earlier.

  2. 貳动verb

    hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5])

    中动词后缀,表示动作朝向说话人的方向dòngcí hòuzhuī, biǎoshì dòngzuò zhāoxiàng shuōhuà rén de fāngxiàng

    • 。

      He finally came back from out of town.

  3. 參连conjunction

    (between two verbs) in order to

    中表示目的或意图;为了做某事biǎoshì mùdì huò yìtú; wèile zuò mǒu shì

    • 。

      He came to China to study.

    • 。

      She works hard to achieve her dreams.

  4. 肆动verb

    (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)

    中用来代替具体动词的词yòng lái dàitì jùtǐ dòngcí de cí

    • 。

      You come cook dinner.

    • ,。

      This box is too heavy, let me handle it.

  5. 伍助particle

    ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2])

    中从某个时间起一直到现在cóng mǒugeè shíjiān qǐ yīzhí dào xiànzài

    • 。

      He has never been to China.

    • ,。

      Since ancient times, honesty has been regarded as the most important virtue.

  6. 陸助particle

    for the past (amount of time)

    中表示从过去某个时间到现在经过的时间biǎoshì cóng guòqù mǒugè shíjiān dào xiànzài jīngguò de shíjiān

    • 。

      He has been ill for three days now.

    • ,。

      Over the past few years, she has been studying Chinese diligently.

  7. 柒助particle

    (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

    中用在动词后面,表示能够或不能够做某事yòng zài dòngcí hòumiàn, biǎoshì nénggoù huò búnéng gòu zuò mǒu shì

    • 。

      I can't get into this dish.

    • 。

      I can't sing this song.

  8. 捌副adverb

    (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4])

    中表示将来或后面的时间biǎoshì jiāngláI huòzhě hòumiàn de shíjiān

    • 。

      We'll see each other again next year.

    • 。

      No one can say for certain what the afterlife holds.

  9. 玖副adverb

    (after a round number) approximately

    中大约;接近某个数字dàyuē;jiējìn mǒuggè shùzì

    • 。

      He has been here for about twenty days.

    • 。

      She has been working at this company for about five years now.

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