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To come from (a place) in Chinese: 来自 (lái zì)

lái zì

to come from (a place)

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 來自2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to come from (a place)
  2. 2From: (in email header)

Stroke order

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自

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄗˋ

zì

ㄗ/ zˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

来自

Simplified

來自

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我来自东京。

    wǒ lái zì dōng jīng。

    I'm from Tokyo.

  • 我来自中国。

    wǒ lái zì zhōng guó。

    I came from China.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

自

zì

self

自己

zì jǐ

oneself

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

自然

zì rán

nature

各自

gè zì

each

看来

kàn lai

apparently

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