Chinese Word Entry

從來

Simplified Chinese form: 从来

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): cóng lái
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung4 loi4
Definitions:
  1. always

  2. at all times

  3. never (if used in negative sentence)


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Chinese characters used in this word

from, by, since, whence, through
Readings
Mandarin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ (cóng), ㄘㄨㄥ (cōng), ㄗㄨㄥˋ (zòng), ㄗㄨㄥ (zōng), ㄗㄨㄥˇ (zǒng)
Cantonese: cung4
Japanese: ジュウ (juu)、 ショウ (shou)、 ジュ (ju) / したが.う (shitagau)、 したが.える (shitagaeru)、 より (yori)、 したがって (shitagatte)、 おう (ou)
Korean: 종 (jong)
Vietnamese: tòng, tụng, thung, túng, tung
Variants
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Semantic variant form:

come, due, next, cause, become, coming, return, returning
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄞˊ (lái), ㄌㄞˋ (lài)
Cantonese: loi4
Japanese: ライ (rai)、 タイ (tai) / く.る (kuru)、 きた.る (kitaru)、 きた.す (kitasu)
Korean: 래 (rae), 내 (nae)
Vietnamese: lai, lãi
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