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lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
的话 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause)
未来 wèi lái future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending
dòu to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
来年 lái nián next year / the coming year
萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
出来 chu lai (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
倾城 qīng chéng coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state
当头 dāng tóu coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first
闭合 to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop
白沫 bái froth / foam (coming from the mouth)
一叶知秋 zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
响动 xiǎng dòng sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible) / also pr. [xiang3 dong5]
后起之秀 hòu zhī xiù an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
呼之欲出 zhī chū lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
聚散 sàn coming together and separating / aggregation and dissipation
姗姗来迟 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
结发 jié (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age
来意 lái one's purpose in coming
阑珊 lán shān coming to an end / waning
临门 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth
思潮起伏 cháo thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind
冠礼 guàn the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
加冠 jiā guān (in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years


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