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Chinese
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to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too- |
to come
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過
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來
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| simp. (过来)
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过
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来
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Pronunciation
Note:
- gwo3 loi4 - literary;
- gwo3 lai4 - vernacular (過嚟／过嚟).
Verb
過來
- to come over; to get over
- 你過不過來？／你过不过来？ ― Nǐ guò bù guòlái? ― Are you coming (over here)?
小明，快過來啊。 [MSC, trad.]
小明，快过来啊。 [MSC, simp.]- Xiǎo míng, kuài guòlái a.
- Xiaoming, get over here.
麻煩大家過來一下。 [MSC, trad.]
麻烦大家过来一下。 [MSC, simp.]- Máfan dàjiā guòlái yīxià.
- Could everyone please come here?
老師，我以後可以經常過來向您討教嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
老师，我以后可以经常过来向您讨教吗？ [MSC, simp.]- Lǎoshī, wǒ yǐhòu kěyǐ jīngcháng guòlái xiàng nín tǎojiào ma?
- Teacher, can I seek more advice from you in the future?
- to pass through certain (tumultuous) periods or challenges
雪山、草地都過來了，眼前到陝北七八百里就都是草灘、雪崖，我們也要走過去。 [MSC, trad.]
雪山、草地都过来了，眼前到陕北七八百里就都是草滩、雪崖，我们也要走过去。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 2014, 潘强恩, 《一二九学生运动》
- Xuěshān, cǎodì dōu guòlái le, yǎnqián dào Shǎnběi qībābǎi lǐ jiù dōu shì cǎotān, xuěyá, wǒmen yě yào zǒu guòqù.
- We've already passed through snowy mountains and grasslands; even if the next seven or eight hundred li to Shaanbei are all grassy marshland or snowy cliffs, we must still keep marching.
- A verbal complement indicating movement towards the speaker, or a turn or change in the direction of the speaker.
- 走過來／走过来 ― zǒu guòlai ― to walk towards the speaker
- 他轉過頭來／他转过头来 ― tā zhuǎn guò tóu lai ― He turned his head (towards the speaker)
- 把文件發過來／把文件发过来 ― bǎ wénjiàn fā guòlai ― to send the file through
- 從英文譯過來的／从英文译过来的 ― cóng yīngwén yì guòlai de ― translated over from English (to the language of the speaker)
人馬上圍過來了。 [MSC, trad.]
人马上围过来了。 [MSC, simp.]- Rén mǎshàng wéi guòlai le.
- Soon (I) was surrounded by people.
- A verbal complement indicating a return to the original, normal and typically an improved state.
- 醒過來／醒过来 ― xǐng guòlai ― to wake up (from a coma, a deep sleep, etc.)
- 還沒明白過來／还没明白过来 ― hái méi míngbai guòlai ― still in a confused state
- 把壞習慣改過來／把坏习惯改过来 ― bǎ huàixíguàn gǎi guòlai ― to correct the bad habits (for the better)
- A verbal complement indicating sufficiency of time, ability, etc.
- 忙不過來／忙不过来 ― máng bù guòlai ― to be up to one's neck in work
- 孩子照顧得過來／孩子照顾得过来 ― háizi zhàogù de guòlai ― to have the time and ability to care for the child(ren)
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