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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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:
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    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 (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²³⁻³³ laɪ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ¹³⁻²² laɪ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̂g-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsn̂g-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: znglaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou, 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 (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ laɪ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² laɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/

Adverb

從來

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)

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