Indicating verb verbal order auxiliary time round 来

Simplified	来
Traditional	來
Pinyin	lái
English	verb 1 come (to); arrive 2 cause to come; happen; crop up; take place 3 obtain; get 4 [as a substitute for some other verb] 5 [with 得 or 不, indicating possibility or impossibility, capability or incapability] 6 [before a verb, indicating an intended or suggested action] 7 [after a verb or verbal expression] come in order to 8 [between two verbs or verbal expressions to indicate the purpose of the former] in order to 9 (of electricity, tap water, gas, etc.) be on again auxiliary 1 colloquial [at the end of a sentence to indicate what has happened in the past, same as 来着] 2 [after a time expression, indicating a period of time that extends from the past up to the present] ever since 3 [after a round number or after a numeral plus a measure] approximately; about; around; round 4 [after the numerals 一, 二, and 三, indicating points in an explanation or argument] adjective future; coming; next noun (Lái) a surname auxiliary [as a syllable filler in folk ballads]

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