来
- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 )
- ever since (as in 自古以来 )
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming …; the next … (as in 来世 )
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 , or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 )