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HSK
to come out / to appear / to arise
HSK 1
to come in
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *来* | 来* | *来
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
to return; to come back
HSK 1
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
to arrive; to come
HSK 1
to come from (a place) / From: (in email header)
HSK 2
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce
HSK 2
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
more and more
HSK 2
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
HSK 3
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
HSK 3
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
future / tomorrow / CL: 個|个 / approaching / coming / pending
HSK 4
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
apparently / it seems that
HSK 4
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
generally speaking
HSK 4
to be used for
HSK 5
to arrive / arrival; advent
HSK 5
recently / lately
HSK 5
incoming letter / to send us a letter
HSK 5
dealings / contacts / to go back and forth
HSK 6
to welcome (a visitor or newcomer) / (fig.) to usher in
HSK 6
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
to come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with
HSK 6
running water; tap water
HSK 6
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly
HSK 7-9
guest / visitor
HSK 7-9
history / antecedents / origin
HSK 7-9
to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly
HSK 7-9
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
origin
HSK 7-9
to return / to come back
HSK 7-9
to waken
HSK 7-9
incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in; to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
HSK 7-9
to approach; to come closer
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
always (previously)
HSK 7-9
to pay a visit
HSK 7-9
lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
HSK 7-9
always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time
HSK 7-9
to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
more and more
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
for the past many years
HSK 7-9
thus / if this happens then
HSK 7-9
take your time / take it easy
HSK 7-9
to originate in
HSK 7-9
for the past few years
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils
HSK 7-9
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
(coll.) (of women) to get one's period
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *马* | 马* | *马
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
Malaysia
this past year / over the last years
firstly, ...
Wuxuan county in Laibin 來賓|来宾, Guangxi
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after ) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. ) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5]
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished
Xincheng county in Laibin 來賓|来宾, Guangxi
guest
to act recklessly / to mess around
from birth / by one's nature
as to / considering / for
it may be assumed that
Sheraton (hotel chain)
next life
Huailai county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Huilai county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
since ancient times / since times immemorial
auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit
afterlife / next life
to be a newcomer / just off the boat
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble
Tailai county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui
Laifeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life

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