從來

See also: 従来 and 从来

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	to come
trad. (從來)		從	來
simp. (从来)		从	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cónglái

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiùng-lòi
• Min Nan (POJ): chiông-lâi / chn̂g-lâi / chêng-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cónglái
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongrlai
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: chùhng lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ loi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 從來／从来 重來／重来

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiùng-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiungˇ loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiung² loi²
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯uŋ¹¹ lo̯i¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cionglaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ¹³⁻²² laɪ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²³⁻³³ laɪ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̂g-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsn̂g-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: znglaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍¹³⁻²² laɪ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenglaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ laɪ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² laɪ¹³/

Adverb

從來

1. from the past until the present; all along; never (when used with a negated verb)

   從來如此。 / 从来如此。  ―  Cónglái rúcǐ.  ―  This has always been the case.

   從來沒有人如此關心我。 [MSC, trad.]

   从来没有人如此关心我。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cónglái méiyǒu rén rúcǐ guānxīn wǒ. [Pinyin]

   No one has ever cared about me like that before.

   我從來沒有想到他是那本小說的作者。 [MSC, trad.]

   我从来没有想到他是那本小说的作者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu xiǎngdào tā shì nà běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě. [Pinyin]

   It never occurred to me that he was the author of that novel.

Synonyms

• 向來／向来 (xiànglái)