以来(yǐ lái): since (used after a specified time or event)
since (used after a specified time or event)
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yǐ lái
- Meaning
- since (used after a specified time or event)
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 以來
Appears in lessons
以来 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 以来 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我三天以来没吃一点东西。
wǒ sān tiān yǐ lái méi chī yī diǎn dōng xī
I have not eaten anything for the last three days.
本世纪初以来，产生了很多进步。
běn shì jì chū yǐ lái chǎn shēng le hěn duō jìn bù
Many improvements have been made since this century began.
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