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进来

jìn lái

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 進來

进来 (jìn lái) means "to come in". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 进来 means

1. to come in

How 进来 is used in grammar

进来 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Simple directional complements: 进来/出去 (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, complement (趋向补语).

The characters in 进来

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 进来
  Come in.
• 进来！
  Come on in!
• 进来。
  Come in.
• 进来吧！
  Come on in!
• 请进来。
  Do come in, please.
• 进来吧。
  Come in.

Sounds the same

Read jìn lái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 近来recently; lately

Go deeper

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