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Mythic Mandarin

进来 (jìn lái): meaning and stroke order

进来 (jìn lái) means to come in.

进来

Simplified
进来
Traditional
進來
Pinyin
jìn lái

Stroke order of 进来

进

  • jìn to go forward; to advance
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 進

Stroke by stroke

来

  • lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 來

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 进来

  1. jìn lái Traditional 進來
    • to come in

Radicals of the characters

进
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 7 strokes · built from 辶 and 井
来
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · built from 未 and 丷

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

进来 in our stories

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  • 原来,猫妈妈每天晚上从坏了的窗户进来,给孩子们送吃的。

    yuánlái māomāma měitiān wǎnshang cóng huài le de chuānghu jìnlai gěi háizi men sòng chī de

    So that was it: every night the mother cat came in through a broken window to bring food to her babies.

    From the story The noise upstairs HSK 3

  • 第二天,狼又从同一个洞进来,又叼走了一只。

    dì-èr tiān láng yòu cóng tóng yí gè dòng jìnlai yòu diāo zǒu le yì zhī

    The next day the wolf came in through the same hole and took another one.

    From the story Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5

  • “小偷一定是从窗户爬进来的!”她一边说,一边用手擦着眼泪。

    xiǎotōu yídìng shì cóng chuānghu pá jìnlai de tā yìbiān shuō yìbiān yòng shǒu cā zhe yǎnlèi

    "The thief must have climbed in through the window!" she said, wiping away her tears.

    From the story The dry floor HSK 6

Stories using 进来

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).