Ideographic: A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來Radical:

meaning for lái:

  • - to come
  • - to arrive
  • - to come round
  • - ever since
  • - nextsince (a previous event)to come
  • - to arriveoriginal
  • - former
  • - originally
  • - formerly
  • - at first
  • - so, actually, as it turns outafterwards
  • - latermore and more

guò
jǐtiān几天
zài
lái
ba

Come back in a few days.


lái
zhōngguó中国
bànnián半年
le

I have been in China for six months.


cóng
nǎlǐ哪里
lái

Where are you from?


wèishénme为什么
lái

Why aren't you coming?


mài
bīngqílín冰淇淋
lái
zhuàn
línghuāqián零花钱

He earns pocket money by selling ice cream.