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Chinese
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direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to |
to come
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| trad. (向來)
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向
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來
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| simp. (向来)
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向
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来
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Pronunciation
Adverb
向來
- always; all along; never (before a negation)
向來就是一個謎。 [MSC, trad.]
向来就是一个谜。 [MSC, simp.]- Xiànglái jiù shì yī ge mí.
- It's always been a mystery.
- (archaic) before; earlier
Synonyms
- 一向 (yīxiàng)
- 一直 (yīzhí)
- 一貫 / 一贯 (yīguàn)
- 一路 (yīlù)
- 一路來 / 一路来 (Xiang)
- 不嬲 (Cantonese)
- 取總 / 取总 (qü3 zong3) (Sichuanese)
- 始終 / 始终 (shǐzhōng)
- 少來 / 少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
- 從來 / 从来 (cónglái)
- 從到今 / 从到今 (Hokkien)
- 歷來 / 历来 (lìlái)
- 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
- 直直 (Hokkien)
- 素來 / 素来 (sùlái) (literary)
- 終始 / 终始 (zhōngshǐ)
- 跇頭 / 跇头 (Eastern Min)
- 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 上早 (Hakka)
- 以前 (yǐqián)
- 先前 (xiānqián)
- 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
- 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
- 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
- 原在 (Hakka)
- 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
- 嘗 / 尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
- 在前 (zàiqián)
- 家先 (Hakka)
- 往擺 / 往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 往擺仔 / 往摆仔 (Hokkien)
- 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
- 往過 / 往过 (Hokkien)
- 往過仔 / 往过仔 (Hokkien)
- 從前 / 从前 (cóngqián)
- 早先 (zǎoxiān)
- 早年所 (Hokkien)
- 早時 / 早时 (Hokkien)
- 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
- 昔時 / 昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
- 曾
- 曾經 / 曾经 (céngjīng)
- 當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
- 舊擺 / 旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 舊早 / 旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 過前 / 过前 (Hainanese)