向來

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
Min Nan (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): /ɕjɑŋ⁵¹ 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/
Min Nan
- (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。／向来就是一个谜。 ― Xiànglái jiù shì yī ge mí. ― It's always been a mystery.
(archaic) before; earlier

Synonyms

(always):

Synonyms of 向來

一向 (yīxiàng)
一直 (yīzhí)
一路 (yīlù)
不嬲 (Cantonese)
牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
直直 (Min Nan)
透底 (Min Nan; Min Dong)
一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
一路來／一路来 (Xiang)

取總／取总 (Sichuan)
始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來／从来 (cónglái)
從到今／从到今 (Min Nan)
歷來／历来 (lìlái)
素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
跇頭／跇头 (Min Dong)

(before):

Synonyms of 向來

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)
在前 (zàiqián)
家先 (Hakka)
往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
早先 (zǎoxiān)
早年所 (Min Nan)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)

曾 (céng)
嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
往擺／往摆 (Min Nan)
往擺仔／往摆仔 (Min Nan)
往過／往过 (Min Nan)
往過仔／往过仔 (Min Nan)
從前／从前 (cóngqián)
早時／早时 (Min Nan)
昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
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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