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未来

wèi lái

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 未來 Measure word 个

未来 (wèi lái) means "the future". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 未来 means

1. future
2. tomorrow
3. approaching
4. coming
5. pending

The characters in 未来

• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 这是未来。
  This is the future.
• 展望未来！
  Look towards the future!
• 未来很渺茫。
  Wèilái hěn miǎománg.
  The future is very uncertain.
• 春天尚未来临。
  It's not spring yet.
• 未来尚未发生。
  The future hasn't happened yet.
• 你有光明的未来。
  You have a bright future.

Words starting with 未来

• 未来学wèi lái xuéfuture studies
• 未来式wèi lái shìfuture tense
• 未来主义Wèi lái zhǔ yìFuturism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
• 未来派Wèi lái pàiFuturism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)

Words containing 未来

• 飞出个未来Fēi chū ge Wèi láiFuturama (US TV animated series, 1999-)

Where 未来 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Leading, Signing & Future Prospects (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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