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

• 摩诃毘卢遮那如来定惠均等入三昧耶身双身大圣欢喜天菩萨修行秘密法仪轨(摩訶毘盧遮那如來定惠均等入三昧耶身雙身大聖歡喜天菩薩修行祕密法儀軌) Esoteric Ritual on the Practice of the Wisdom Meditation of Mahavairocana Tathagata and Dual-Bodied Vinayaka Bodhisattva; Mohe Piluzhena Rulai Ding Hui Jundeng Ru Sanmeiye Shen Shuang Shen Da Sheng Huanxi Tian Pusa Xiuxing Mimi Fa Yi Gui
• 如来殿(如來殿) Tathagata Building ; Tathagata Shrine
• 未来际(未來際) the limit of the future
• 宝幢如来(寶幢如來) Ratnaketu Tathagata
• 丈夫自有冲天志 不向如来行处行(丈夫自有沖天志 不向如來行處行) A man of spirit aspires to soar far and high; Refusing to walk the same path as the Buddha.
• 五蕴皆空观自在 六尘不染见如来(五蘊皆空觀自在 六塵不染見如來) See that the Five Skandhas are empty: be at perfect ease; Remain untainted by the Six Objects: perceive the Tathagata.
• 祖师西来(祖師西來) the Patriarch's coming from the West
• 一切如来心秘密全身舍利宝箧印陀罗尼经(一切如來心祕密全身舍利寶篋印陀羅尼經) The Scripture of the Mudrās and Dhāraṇīs of the Precious Repository of the Secret Whole-body Śarīra of all the Tathāgata; Yiqie Rulai Xin Mimi Quanshen Sheli Bao Qie Yin Tuoluoni Jing
• 一切如来身语心圣贤(一切如來身語心聖賢) the sages who are the body, speech, and mind of all the tathagatas
• 佛说一切如来金刚寿命陀罗尼经(佛說一切如來金剛壽命陀羅尼經) Sarvatathagata Jingang Longevity Dharani Sutra; Fo Shuo Yiqie Rulai Jingang Shouming Tuoluoni Jing
• 御请来目録(御請來目録) Shōrai Mokuroku; A Memorial Presenting a List of Newly Imported Sutras and Other Items
• 大佛顶如来放光悉怛多般怛罗大神力都摄一切呪王陀罗尼经大威德最胜金轮三昧呪品(大佛頂如來放光悉怛多般怛羅大神力都攝一切呪王陀羅尼經大威德最勝金輪三昧呪品) Great Usnisa Radiance Sitatapatra Divine Powers Collected Dharanis Sutra, Yamantaka Golden Wheel Samadhi Mantra; Da Fo Ding Rulai Fang Guang Xi Da Duo Ban Da Luo Da Shenli Dou She Yiqie Zhou Wang Tuoluoni Jing Da Wei De Zui Sheng Jin Lun Sanmei Zhou Pin
• 死死生生生复死 来来去去去还来(死死生生生復死 來來去去去還來) Death, rebirth, and death again; Coming, going, and coming again.
• 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
• 如来八相(如來八相) eight stages of buddha’s progress
• 宝胜如来(寶勝如來) Jeweled Victory Tathāgata
• 说来有法原无法 参透非空却是空(說來有法原無法 參透非空卻是空) Speaking of seemingly Dharma, Dharma never was at all; Dwelling into the non-empty, Emptiness it actually is.
• 佛说无能胜幡王如来庄严陀罗尼经(佛說無能勝幡王如來莊嚴陀羅尼經) Dhvajāgrakeyūrādhāraṇī; Fo Shuo Wu Neng Sheng Fan Wang Rulai Zhuangyan Tuoluoni Jing
• 一来果(一來果) the fruit of sakṛdāgāmin
• 山海如来(山海如來) Master of the Wisdom of Mountains and Sea Tathagata
• 佛说大威德金轮佛顶炽盛光如来消除一切灾难陀罗尼经(佛說大威德金輪佛頂熾盛光如來消除一切災難陀羅尼經) Fo Shuo Da Wei De Jin Lun Fo Ding Chisheng Guang Rulai Xiaochu Yiqie Zainan Tuoluoni Jing
• 可以三十二相见如来不(可以三十二相見如來不) to see the Tathāgata by means of the thirty two marks of excellence
• 如来名号(如來名號) Epithets of the Buddha
• 如来身相(如來身相) the appearance of the Tathāgata's body
• 药师如来(藥師如來) Medicine Buddha
• 弥勒当来下生经(彌勒當來下生經) Sutra on Maitreya's Descent
• 知足常乐是净土 慈悲喜舍即如来(知足常樂是淨土 慈悲喜捨即如來) Pure Land is attained in contentment and happiness; Buddha is found in kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.
• 如来弟子(如來弟子) the Tathāgata's disciples
• 西来奖学金委员会(西來獎學金委員會) University of the West Scholarship Committee
• 一切如来大秘密王未曾有最上微妙大曼拏罗经(一切如來大祕密王未曾有最上微妙大曼拏羅經) Great Secret Wonderous Abdhutadharma Mandala of All Tathagatas Sutra; Yiqie Rulai Da Mimi Wang Wei Ceng You Zuishang Weimiao Da Man Na Luo Jing
• 佛说当来变经(佛說當來變經) Foshuo Dang Lai Bian Jing

Also contained in

外来物种 、 外来 、 几天来 、 越来越 、 来回来去地 、 机不可失，失不再来 、 来信 、 翻来覆去 、 二来 、 自来水 、 马来西亚人 、 姗姗来迟 、 看起来 、 嗟来食 、 毁来性 、 来之不易 、 历来最低点 、 翻过来 、 前来 、 从来没

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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 — Dīrghāgama 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 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 7
• 行来 (行來) 舉國男女行來舉動 — Dīrghāgama 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 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 来问 (來問) 來問我者 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 诸天来 (諸天來) 為諸天來語 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 人来 (人來) 彼大眾中有一人來至我所 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 来诣 (來詣) 故來詣此 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
• 来会 (來會) 諸來會者皆一心聽 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5
• 欲来 (欲來) 今者諸天欲來舉牀 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4