歷來

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See also: 历来

Chinese

		to experience; to undergo; to pass through to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; calendar	to come
trad. (歷來)		歷	來
simp. (历来)		历	来
anagram		來歷／来历

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìlái

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ loi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li̍t-lòi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k-lâi / le̍k-lâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêh⁸ lai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìlái
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-lai²
  - Yale: lì-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihlai
  - Palladius: лилай (lilaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lik⁶ loi⁴
  - Yale: lihk lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li̍t-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: lid loi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lid⁶ loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /lit̚⁵ loi̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍k-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaglaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² lai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leglaai
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² lai²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lai¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêh⁸ lai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: le̍h lâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leʔ⁴⁻² lai⁵⁵/

Adverb

歷來

always; constantly; all through the ages

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)
向來／向来 (xiànglái)
始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來／从来 (cónglái)
從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
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)

See also

(not to be confused with) 來歷／来历 (láilì)

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