Phrases:
- 本來 běn lái
- original, originally, at first, it goes without saying, of course
- 出來 chū lai5
- to come out, to emerge
- 從來 cóng lái
- always, at all times, never (if used in negative sentence)
- 帶來 dài lái
- to bring, to bring about, to produce
- 到來 dào lái
- arrival, advent
- 古來 gǔ lái
- old-time
- 過來 guò lái
- to manage, to handle, to be able to take care of
- 過來 guò lai5
- to come over, to come up
- 後來 hòu lái
- afterwards, later
- 胡來 hú lái
- (v) make a complete hash of things; cause trouble
- 懷來 Huái lái
- (N) Huailai (place in Hebei)
- 回來 huí lai5
- return, come back
- 惠來 Huì lái
- (N) Huilai (place in Guangdong)
- 將來 jiāng lái
- (the) future
- 近來 jìn lái
- recently, lately
- 進來 jìn lái
- (v) come in
- 看來 kàn lai5
- apparently, it seems that, it appears, it seems
- 來安 Lái ān
- (N) Lai'an (place in Anhui)
- 來賓 lái bīn
- guest, visitor
- 來到 lái dào
- to come, to arrive
- 來訪 lái fǎng
- pay a visit
- 來鳳 Lái fèng
- (N) Laifeng (place in Hubei)
- 來回 lái huí
- make a round trip, make a return journey
- 來看 lái kàn
- (v) interpret a topic from a certain point of view
- 來客 lái kè
- (n) guest
- 來歷 lái lì
- history, antecedents, origin
- 來臨 lái lín
- approach, come closer
- 來年 lái nián
- next year, the coming year
- 來說 lái shuō
- (v) interpret a topic from a certain point of view
- 來往 lái wǎng
- to come and go
- 來信 lái xìn
- incoming letter, send a letter here
- 來源 lái yuán
- source (of information, etc), origin
- 來著 lái zhe5
- (an auxiliary showing sth. happened in the past)
- 來自 lái zì
- to come from (a place)
- 歷來 lì lái
- always, throughout (a period of time), (of) all-time
- 馬來 mǎ lái
- Malay
- 年來 nián lái
- over the last ... years
- 起來 qǐ lai5
- beginning or continuing an action, upward movement, stand up
- 上來 shàng lái
- (v) come up, (v) approach, used after verb to indicate success
- 素來 sù lái
- (adv) usually
- 泰來 Tài lái
- (N) Tailai (place in Heilongjiang)
- 外來 wài lái
- external, foreign, outside
- 往來 wǎng lái
- dealings, contacts, to go back and forth
- 未來 wèi lái
- future, tomorrow, approaching, coming, pending
- 下來 xia5 lai5
- (verb suffix indicating continuation, etc.)
- 向來 xiàng lái
- always, all along
- 醒來 xǐng lái
- waken
- 以來 yǐ lái
- since (a previous event)
- 由來 yóu lái
- origin
- 原來 yuán lái
- original, former, originally, formerly, at first