原來

See also: 原来

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	to come
trad. (原來)		原	來
simp. (原来)		原	来
alternative forms		元來／元来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yuánlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йүанлэ (yüanle, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-lòi / ngiàn-lòi
• Min Dong (BUC): nguòng-lài
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): goân-lâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang⁵ lai⁵ / nguêng⁵ lai⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶gnioe-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánlái
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-lai²
    • Yale: ywán-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanlai
    • Palladius: юаньлай (juanʹlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йүанлэ (yüanle, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yæ̃²⁴ lɛ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: yùhn lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nguòng-lài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(l-)nˡai⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: guân-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanlaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ lai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguang⁵ lai⁵ / nguêng⁵ lai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng lâi / nguêng lâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/, /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/

Note:

• nguang5 lai5 - Shantou;
• nguêng5 lai5 - Chaozhou.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wugniu: ⁶gnioe-le
  • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³nyyoe-le
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲyø²² le̞⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwon loj

Rime
Character	原	來
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	愚袁切	洛哀切
Baxter	ngjwon	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn/	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn/	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn/	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan/	/ləj/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn/	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn/	/lɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4	loi4

Noun

原來

1. the beginning; the past

   回到原來／回到原来  ―  huídào yuánlái  ―  to return to the past

Synonyms

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Min Nan)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)

 

Adjective

原來

1. (attributive) original

   回到原來的地方／回到原来的地方  ―  huídào yuánlái de dìfang  ―  to return to the original place

Synonyms

• (attributive) 本來／本来 (běnlái)
• 原始 (yuánshǐ)

Adverb

原來

1. originally

   原來認為辦不到的事，現在辦到了。 [MSC, trad.]
   原来认为办不到的事，现在办到了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yuánlái rènwéi bàn bù dào de shì, xiànzài bàn dào le. [Pinyin]

   What was thought impossible has now been done.

2. as it turns out; in fact; in the end

   《原來你也在這裡》／《原来你也在这里》  ―  “Yuánlái nǐ yě zài zhèlǐ”  ―  "So You are Here Too" (song title)

   原來係你搞成噉嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   原来系你搞成噉嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyun⁴ loi⁴ hai⁶ nei⁵ gaau² sing⁴ gam² ge³. [Jyutping]

   So it was you who did this.

   約翰的女友發現了他的不忠並甩了他，原來他也有今天。 [MSC, trad.]
   约翰的女友发现了他的不忠并甩了他，原来他也有今天。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān. [Pinyin]

   After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.

Synonyms

• (originally):

• 一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing)
• 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
• 上頭仔／上头仔 (Min Nan)
• 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing)
• 先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
• 先頭／先头 (Wu)
• 最初 (zuìchū)
• 初初 (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
• 原 (yuán)
• 原先 (yuánxiān)
• 原初 (yuánchū)
• 原底 (yuándǐ) (chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 原旦 (Hakka)
• 原本 (yuánběn)
• 原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
• 在本 (Min Nan)
• 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
• 寢頭／寝头 (Min Nan)
• 就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing)
• 早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
• 本來／本来 (běnlái)
• 本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu, dated)
• 本底 (Min Nan)
• 本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu, dated)
• 本成 (Min Nan)
• 本然 (Min Nan)
• 本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 當初時／当初时 (Min Nan)
• 自本 (Min Nan)
• 舊底／旧底 (Min Nan)
• 起先 (qǐxiān)
• 起初 (qǐchū)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
• 開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
• 開初／开初 (kāichū)
• 頭仔／头仔 (Min Nan)
• 頭起先／头起先 (Min Nan)
• 頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Min Dong, Min Nan)

 

Derived terms

• 原來如此／原来如此 (yuánláirúcǐ)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
原	來

Adverb

原來 • (wollae) (hangeul 원래)

1. Hanja form^? of 원래 (“originally”).