原来(yuán lái): original
original
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yuán lái
- Meaning
- original; former
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 原來
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原来 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 原来 — tap one to open its word page.
yuán原zé则
HSK 4principle
yuán原xiān先
HSK 5originally
yuán原gào告
HSK 6complainant
yuán原chuàng创
HSK 7-9to create (an original work)
sān三yuán原xiàn县
Sanyuan, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市, Shaanxi
zhōng中yuán原
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, weste…
zhōng中yuán原qū区
Zhongyuan, a district of Zhengzhou City 郑州市, Henan
yà亚yuán原zǐ子
subatomic
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