向來

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See also: 向来

Chinese

		direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to	to come
trad. (向來)		向	來
simp. (向来)		向	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànglái

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ loi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiòng-lâi / hiàng-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànglái
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànglái
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-lai²
  - Yale: syàng-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqlai
  - Palladius: сянлай (sjanlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng³ loi⁴
  - Yale: heung lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ lɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: hiòng-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiornglaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ lai²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàng-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: hiàng-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiarnglaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ lai²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/

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

(always):

一向 (yīxiàng)
一直 (yīzhí)
一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
一路 (yīlù)
一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (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)

(before):

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)

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