来 (來) lái

1. lái verb to come
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: An intransitive verb indicating motion towards the speaker. For example, 你回来啦！ 'You have come back!' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176) 来 is used in this sense in both modern and literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '來' 2). 来 is the 11th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '来' 1; Kroll 2015 '來' 2, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 1).
2. lái particle indicates an approximate quantity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (NCCED '来' 助2)
3. lái verb please
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '来' 3)
4. lái verb used to substitute for another verb
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '来' 5; Ho 2002, '来' 2)
5. lái verb used between two word groups to express purpose and effect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 4, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 9)
6. lái particle ever since
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense, 来 is used after a time expression (Kroll 2015 '來' 3a, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 3). For example, 几十年来 'n the last few years.' (VOA, 2015-07-25) This sense is also used in literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '來' 4).
7. lái noun wheat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 1, pp. 250-251)
8. lái adjective next; future
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 以来 (Kroll 2015 '來' 3, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 1). For example, 来日绮窗前 'In future days in front of the carved window ...' (Wang Wei, Lines in Complete Tang Poems, Scroll 118)
9. lái verb a simple complement of direction
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 来 is used in this sense after a verb or verb phrase to indicate movement towards the speaker (NCCED '来' 5). For example, 一出来 'as soon as he came out ...' (Lao She, 2003, p. 260)
10. lái verb to occur; to arise
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 2a, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 4)
11. lái verb to earn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '来' 11)
12. lái verb to come; āgata
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āgata, or: āgacchati, Tibetan: 'ong (BCSD '来', p. 126; Mahāvyutpatti 'āgacchati'; MW 'āgata')

Contained in

• 如来名号(如來名號) Epithets of the Buddha
• 各如来名号(各如來名號) all the epithets of the Tathāgata
• 药师如来本愿经(藥師如來本願經) Sutra on the Vows of the Medicine Buddha; Yaoshi Rulai Benyuan Jing
• 入佛知见　生如来家(入佛知見　生如來家) Entering the View of the Buddha; Born in the Home of Tathagata
• 如来现相(如來現相) the Tathagata appears
• 如来根本之义(如來根本之義) the basic meaning of the teachings of the Tathāgata
• 西来意(西來意) the purpose of coming to the West ; the purpose of coming from the West
• 东方不动如来(東方不動如來) Aksobhya Buddha
• 如来(如來) Tathagata ; Tathagata ; Thus-Come (tathagata); Tathāgata; Thus Come One
• 神权来控制(神權來控制) hands of divine entities
• 春来春去春不老 福临福地福无疆(春來春去春不老 福臨福地福無疆) Spring comes and goes, but never ages; Blessings come and go, but never end.
• 如来藏(如來藏) Tathagatagarbha ; Buddha-nature; Buddha-dhatu; Buddha Principle; Tathāgatagarbha ; tathatā; suchness; inherent nature; true nature; tathata
• 如来法身(如來法身) Dharmakāya of the Tathāgata
• 如来殿(如來殿) Tathagata Building ; Tathagata Shrine
• 如来身(如來身) Tathāgata-kāya; Buddha-body
• 大威德金轮佛顶炽盛光如来消除一切灾难陀罗尼经(大威德金輪佛頂熾盛光如來消除一切災難陀羅尼經) Da Wei De Jin Lun Fo Ding Chisheng Guang Rulai Xiaochu Yiqie Zainan Tuoluoni Jing
• 佛说当来变经(佛說當來變經) Foshuo Dang Lai Bian Jing
• 身心清净方为道 退步原来是向前(身心清淨方為道 退步原來是向前) Purifying the body and mind is the Way; A step back is in fact a step forward.
• 如来实智(如來實智) the Tathāgata's true wisdom
• 伝教大師将来台州録 Dengyō daishi shōrai daishūroku
• 如意轮莲华心如来修行观门仪(如意輪蓮華心如來修行觀門儀) Cintāmaṇi Chakra Lotus Tathagata Cultivation and Contemplation Ritual; Ruyi Lun Lianhua Xin Rulai Xiuxing Guan Men Yi
• 一切智成就如来(一切智成就如來) All-Knowledge-Accomplished Tathagata; Rvajnasiddharta Tathagata
• 暮鼓晨钟留客住 松风竹雨伴君来(暮鼓晨鐘留客住 松風竹雨伴君來) Evening drum and morning bell plead the guest to stay; Wind of pine and rain of bamboos usher your arrival.

Also contained in

来华 、 来火 、 呼之即来，挥之即去 、 举例来说 、 翻过来 、 铆起来 、 到头来 、 受命以来 、 未来主义 、 送往迎来 、 看起来 、 捎来 、 来福枪 、 什么风把你吹来的 、 来书 、 怀来县 、 赶来 、 想起来 、 一觉醒来 、 来访 、 舶来品 、 嗟来之食 、 站起来 、 西沙差那来 、 拿来主义 、 来路 、 谈得来 、 话说回来

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 207
• Scroll 58 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 173 , has parallel version
• Scroll 494 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 156 , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 146
• Scroll 6 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu 維摩經略疏 — count: 140
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 134
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 124
• Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 120
• Scroll 1 Ayuwang Xi Huai Mu Yinyuan Jing 阿育王息壞目因緣經 — count: 120
• Scroll 62 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 117

Collocations

• 来语 (來語) 為諸天來語 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
• 来父母 (來父母) 此婆羅門七世已來父母真正 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 7
• 来问 (來問) 來問我者 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 行来 (行來) 舉國男女行來舉動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
• 远来 (遠來) 諸清信士聞佛與諸大眾遠來至此巴陵樹下 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 人来 (人來) 彼大眾中有一人來至我所 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
• 来诣 (來詣) 故來詣此 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
• 诸天来 (諸天來) 為諸天來語 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 欲来 (欲來) 今者諸天欲來舉牀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 来请 (來請) 天魔頻來請 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4