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由来

由来 (yóu lái): Origin (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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由来 consists of 2 characters.

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Pinyinyóu lái

Meaningorigin

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 6

SyntaxNoun

Word由来

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Example Sentences with 由来

Zhè这

ge个

chuán传

tǒng统

jié节

rì日

de的

yóu由

lái来

kě可

yǐ以

zhuī追

sù溯

dào到

jǐ几

bǎi百

nián年

qián前

。

The origin of this traditional festival can be traced back several hundred years.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bù不

zhī知

dào道

‘

lán蓝

yá牙

’

sú俗

chēng称

de的

yóu由

lái来

yǔ与

nà那

wèi位

dān丹

mài麦

guó国

wáng王

yǒu有

guān关

ma吗

？

Don't you know that the origin of the common name 'Bluetooth' is related to that Danish king?

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 由来.

Words with 由

由于yóu yúHSK 4
理由lǐ yóuHSK 5
由此yóu cǐHSK 5
自由zì yóuHSK 5
不由得bù yóu deHSK 6
由衷yóu zhōngHSK 7-9
不由自主bù yóu zì zhǔHSK 7-9
身不由己shēn bù yóu jǐHSK 7-9

Words with 来

上来shàng laiHSK 2
下来xià laiHSK 2
出来chū laiHSK 2
回来huí laiHSK 2
过来guò laiHSK 2
进来jìn laiHSK 2
后来hòu láiHSK 3
看来

kàn lai

HSK 3