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上来

shàng lái

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 上來

上来 (shàng lái) means "come up (toward the speaker)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 上来 means

1. to come up
2. to approach
3. (verb complement indicating success)

The characters in 上来

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 好，马上来！
  Okay, I'm coming!
• 我想您马上来。
  I want you to come at once.
• 我明天晚上来。
  I'll come round tomorrow evening.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shàng lái correctly.
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