来

Meaning(verb, locality, numeral, particle, modal particle)

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approxi

Examples

• 你什么时候来越南？

  nǐ shén me shí hòu lái yuè nán?

  When are you coming to Vietnam?

• 快进来坐吧。

  kuài jìn lái zuò ba.

  Come on in and sit down.

• 这个我来做吧。

  zhè ge wǒ lái zuò ba.

  Let me do this.

Easily confused

• 去 — 来 is toward the speaker; 去 is away from the speaker.

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