从

从 [從]

  • from; through; via
  • (bound form) to follow
  • (bound form) to obey
  • (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  • (used before a negative) ever
  • (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  • (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  • (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
  • surname Cong

Example sentences

  • 他从杭州来。

    tā cóng hángzhōu lái.

    He comes from Hangzhou

  • 从这儿往左走就是邮局。

    cóng zhèr wǎng zuǒ zǒu jiùshì yóujú.

    Turn left from here and there is the post office

See also