向來

See also: 向来

Chinese

		direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to	to come
trad. (向來)		向	來
simp. (向来)		向	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànglái

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ loi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiòng-lâi / hiàng-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànglái
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànglái
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-lai²
    • Yale: syàng-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqlai
    • Palladius: сянлай (sjanlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng³ loi⁴
    • Yale: heung lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: hiòng-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiornglaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ lai²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàng-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: hiàng-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiarnglaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ lai²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/

Adverb

向來

1. always; all along; never (before a negation)

   向來就是一個謎。 [MSC, trad.]
   向来就是一个谜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiànglái jiù shì yī ge mí. [Pinyin]

   It's always been a mystery.

2. (archaic) before; earlier

Synonyms

• (always):

• 一向 (yīxiàng)
• 一直 (yīzhí)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
• 取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
• 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
• 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
• 直直 (Hokkien)
• 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
• 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
• 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
• 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

• (before):

• 上早 (Hakka)
• 以前 (yǐqián)
• 先前 (xiānqián)
• 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
• 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
• 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
• 原在 (Hakka)
• 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
• 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
• 在前 (zàiqián)
• 家先 (Hakka)
• 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
• 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
• 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
• 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 早先 (zǎoxiān)
• 早年所 (Hokkien)
• 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
• 曾
• 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 過前／过前 (Hainanese)