來自

See also: 来自

Chinese

		to come	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since
trad. (來自)		來	自
simp. (来自)		来	自
anagram		自來／自来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láizì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ zi⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): loi² ci⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-chū / lâi-chīr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lai⁵ ze⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láizì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láizìh
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: lái-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laitzyh
    • Palladius: лайцзы (lajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: lòih jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: loi² ci⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /loɪ¹¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-chū
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-tsū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laizu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² t͡su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ t͡su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-chīr
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-tsīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lai⁵ ze⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâi tsṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³⁵/

Verb

來自

1. to come from; to be from

   我來自中國大陸。 [MSC, trad.]
   我来自中国大陆。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ láizì Zhōngguó dàlù. [Pinyin]

   I am from mainland China.

   他們都來自農村。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们都来自农村。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen dōu láizì nóngcūn. [Pinyin]

   They are all from the countryside.

   知識不一定完全來自於學校的教育，社會也是個大學嘛。 [MSC, trad.]
   知识不一定完全来自于学校的教育，社会也是个大学嘛。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhīshí bù yīdìng wánquán láizì yú xuéxiào de jiàoyù, shèhuì yě shì ge dàxué ma. [Pinyin]

   Knowledge does not come from schooling alone. Society is a kind of university.

Synonyms

• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 出乎 (chūhū)
• 出於／出于 (chūyú)
• 出自 (chūzì)
• 嚟自 (lei⁴ zi⁶) (Cantonese)
• 導源／导源 (dǎoyuán)
• 張本／张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
• 源於／源于 (yuányú)
• 源自 (yuánzì)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 發源／发源 (fāyuán) (figurative)
• 發脈／发脉 (fa⁶ me⁶) (Xiang)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)

 

Derived terms

• 來自於／来自于

 

See also

• (not to be confused with) 自來／自来 (zìlái)