DICTIONARY
The Cantonese word loi - 来 - loi4
(to come in Cantonese)
Romanization (Jyutping)
loi4
English translations
to come, to be at, to take place, the next, coming, about,
future, around
Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 来 ( loi4 ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
来
来 ( loi / loi4 ) in traditional characters
來
Topic
Events, Movements, Changes and Directions
Character complexity
来 is composed of 7 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
next year
来 ( loi / loi4 ) belongs to the 50 most common Chinese characters (rank 14)
来 ( loi / loi4 ) belongs to the 50 most common Chinese characters (rank 14)
Example words containing the character 来 ( loi / loi4 )
bat1 loi4 mui4 ( 不来梅 ), bun2 loi4 ( 本来 ), ceot1 loi4 ( 出来 ), cung4 ... loi4 ( 从...来 ), cung4 loi4 ( 从来 ), gwo3 loi4 ( 过来 ), haa6 loi4 ( 下来 ), hau6 loi4 ( 后来 ), hei2 loi4 ( 起来 ), hon3 loi4 ( 看来 ), ji5 loi4 ( 以来 ), jyun4 loi4 ( 原来 ), jyut6 loi4 jyut6 ( 越来越 ), loi4 bat1 kap6 ( 来不及 ), loi4 dak1 kap6 ( 来得及 ), loi4 dou3 ( 来到 ), maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 ( 马来西亚 ), mei6 loi4 ( 未来 ), naa4 loi4 syut3 ( 拿来说 ), soeng5 loi4 ( 上来 ), wui4 loi4 ( 回来 ) zau1 jan1 loi4 ( 周恩来 )
Other characters that are pronounced loi4 in Cantonese
More words that mean to be at in Cantonese
zoi6 ( 在 )
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