lái

Usages of lái

明天míngtiān  zài láimíngtiān wǒ zài lái.
I’ll come again tomorrow.
 lái manǐ lái ma?
Are you coming?
如果rúguǒ   lái, 我们wǒmen jiù 明天míngtiān zài rúguǒ tā bù lái, wǒmen jiù míngtiān zài qù.
If she doesn’t come, we’ll go again tomorrow.
 máng,   huì lái 帮忙bāngmángwǒ máng, tā yě huì lái bāngmáng.
When I’m busy, he will also come to help.
如果rúguǒ  hěn máng, jiù ràng  lái 帮忙bāngmángrúguǒ nǐ hěn máng, jiù ràng tā lái bāngmáng.
If you are very busy, let him come help.
虽然suīrán  hěn máng, 但是dànshì  一定yídìng huì láisuīrán tā hěn máng, dànshì tā yídìng huì lái.
Although he is very busy, he will definitely come.
当然dāngrán,  现在xiànzài  电话diànhuà gěi , 或者huòzhě  lái 告诉gàosu , dōu 可以kěyǐdāngrán, nǐ xiànzài dǎ diànhuà gěi tā, huòzhě wǒ lái gàosu tā, dōu kěyǐ.
Of course. You can call her now, or I’ll go tell her; either is fine.
 为什么wèishénme hái méi lái?  需要xūyào zhǎo 。  děng le 多久duōjiǔtā wèishénme hái méi lái? wǒ xūyào zhǎo tā. nǐ děng le duōjiǔ?
Why hasn’t he come yet? I need to look for him. How long have you been waiting?
 tài máng le,  还是háishi 明天míngtiān zài lái banǐ tài máng le, wǒ háishi míngtiān zài lái ba.
You’re too busy; I’d better come again tomorrow.
 yòu lái  jiā le,  ràng  xiān 进来jìnláitā yòu lái wǒ jiā le, wǒ ràng tā xiān jìnlái.
He came to my place again; I asked him to come in first.
 现在xiànzài yào 上班shàngbān le,  下午xiàwǔ zài láiwǒ xiànzài yào shàngbān le, nǐ xiàwǔ zài lái.
I need to go to work now; come again in the afternoon.
 shì 去年qùnián lái 公司gōngsī 工作gōngzuò de,  shì 今年jīnnián lái detā shì qùnián lái gōngsī gōngzuò de, wǒ shì jīnnián lái de.
She came to the company to work last year; I came this year.
   zài 公司gōngsī 旁边pángbiān 聊天liáotiān,  lái maWǒ hé tā zài gōngsī pángbiān liáotiān, nǐ lái ma?
She and I are chatting near the company; are you coming?
 以为yǐwéi   lái le, 但是dànshì  终于zhōngyú dào lewǒ yǐwéi tā bù lái le, dànshì tā zhōngyú dào le.
I thought she wasn’t coming, but she finally arrived.
 其实qíshí 以为yǐwéi   huì lái, 可是kěshì  已经yǐjīng dào letā qíshí yǐwéi wǒ bú huì lái, kěshì wǒ yǐjīng dào le.
He actually thought I wouldn’t come, but I’ve already arrived.
 lái 看看kànkan zhè  地方dìfang banǐ lái kànkan zhè gè dìfang ba.
Come and take a look at this place.
 邀请yāoqǐng   客人kèrén lái jiāli chī 晚饭wǎnfàntā yāoqǐng jǐ gè kèrén lái jiāli chī wǎnfàn.
She invited several guests to come to her place for dinner.
 今天jīntiān 走错路zǒucuòlù le, 所以suǒyǐ lái de hěn wǎntā jīntiān zǒucuòlù le, suǒyǐ lái de hěn wǎn.
He went the wrong way today, so he arrived very late.
周末zhōumò 我们wǒmen 打算dǎsuàn 邀请yāoqǐng 朋友péngyou lái jiā kàn 电影diànyǐngzhōumò wǒmen dǎsuàn yāoqǐng péngyou lái jiā kàn diànyǐng.
On the weekend we plan to invite friends to come to our home to watch a movie.
记者jìzhě yòu wèn , 为什么wèishénme  zài jiā wán 游戏yóuxì, 而是érshì 每天měitiān lái 公园gōngyuán  篮球lánqiújìzhě yòu wèn tā, wèishénme bù zài jiā wán yóuxì, érshì měitiān lái gōngyuán dǎ lánqiú.
The reporter then asked her why she doesn’t play games at home, but instead comes to the park to play basketball every day.
今天jīntiān shì  第一次dìyīcì lái zhè  公园gōngyuánjīntiān shì wǒ dìyīcì lái zhè gè gōngyuán.
Today is my first time coming to this park.
有些yǒuxiē 观众guānzhòng shì 年轻niánqīng rén,  yǒu dài 孩子háizi lái de 爸爸bàba 妈妈māmayǒuxiē guānzhòng shì niánqīng rén, yě yǒu dài háizi lái de bàba māma.
Some audience members are young people, and there are also moms and dads who bring their children.
 今天jīntiān  lái, 或许huòxǔ shì 因为yīnwèi tài máng letā jīntiān bù lái, huòxǔ shì yīnwèi tài máng le.
He isn’t coming today; perhaps it’s because he is too busy.
 huì lái 我们wǒmen de 城市chéngshì 旅游lǚyóutā huì lái wǒmen de chéngshì lǚyóu.
He will come to our city to travel.
Gāng lái zhè  城市chéngshì de 时候shíhou,   tài 适应shìyìng 这里zhèlǐ de 生活shēnghuóGāng lái zhè gè chéngshì de shíhou, wǒ bú tài shìyìng zhèlǐ de shēnghuó.
When I first came to this city, I wasn’t very used to the life here.
 以为yǐwéi  shì 老师lǎoshī, 原来yuánlái  shì lái 参观cānguān de 学生xuéshēngWǒ yǐwéi tā shì lǎoshī, yuánlái tā shì lái cānguān de xuéshēng.
I thought she was a teacher; it turns out she is a visiting student.
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