How to say "to come" in Chinese

来
láito comePart of speech: Verbs

"to come" in Chinese is 来 — pronounced lái.

In a sentence

  • 你好!欢迎来青山村。Nǐ hǎo! Huānyíng lái Qīngshān Cūn.Hello! Welcome to Qingshan Village.

Sentence patterns that use it

  • 来一碗 ___。bring a bowl of ___
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Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 来 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.

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