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上来 (shàng lai): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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上来 (shàng lai): To come up (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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上来 consists of 2 characters.

Example Sentences with 上来

Qǐng请

cóng从

lóu楼

tī梯

zǒu走

shàng上

lái来

。

Please come up using the stairs.

bié别

jí急

，

wǒ我

mǎ马

shàng上

lái来

lā啦

。

wǒ我

mǎ马

shàng上

lái来

。

I'm coming right away.

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lā垃

jī圾

chē车

měi每

tiān天

zǎo早

shàng上

Don't worry, I'm coming right away.

lái来

shōu收

lā垃

jī圾

。

The garbage truck comes to collect trash every morning.

tā他

de的

hūn婚

lǐ礼

shàng上

lái来

le了

hěn很

duō多

qī戚

yǒu友

。

Many relatives and friends came to his wedding.

bié别

gēn跟

tā他

zhēng争

，

tā他

juè倔

pí脾

qì气

shàng上

lái来

le了

。

Don't argue with him; his stubborn temper is flaring up.

zhè这

ge个

wèn问

tí题

tài太

diāo刁

zuān钻

le了

，

wǒ我

dá答

bú不

shàng上

lái来

。

This question is too tricky, I can't answer it.

miàn面

duì对

lǎo老

shī师

de的

tí提

wèn问

，

xiǎo小

míng明

tūn吞

tūn吞

tǔ吐

tǔ吐

dì地

huí回

dá答

bù不

shàng上

lái来

，

xiǎn显

rán然

méi没

yǒu有

zhǔn准

bèi备

hǎo好

。

Faced with the teacher's question, Xiaoming hesitated and couldn't answer, clearly unprepared.

wǎn晚

shàng上

lái来

wǒ我

jiā家

chī吃

biàn便

fàn饭

ba吧

。

Come to my house for a simple dinner tonight.

lǎo老

shī师

tū突

rán然

tí提

wèn问

，

xiǎo小

míng明

yī一

shí时

fā发

lèng愣

，

méi没

dá答

shàng上

lái来

。

The teacher suddenly asked a question, and Xiaoming was momentarily stunned and couldn't answer.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 上来.

Words with 上

上午shàng wǔHSK 1
上班shàng bānHSK 2
早上zǎo shangHSK 2
晚上wǎn shangHSK 2
上网shàng wǎngHSK 3
马上mǎ shàngHSK 3
上下shàng xià
上任shàng rèn

Words with 来

后来hòu láiHSK 3
起来qǐ laiHSK 3
从来cóng láiHSK 4
原来yuán láiHSK 4
将来jiāng láiHSK 4
本来běn láiHSK 4
来自lái zìHSK 4
来不及

lái bu jí

HSK 4