一來

See also: 一来

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to come
trad. (一來)		一	來
simp. (一来)		一	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-lòi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīlái [Phonetic: yìlái]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yilái
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-lai²
    • Yale: yī-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ilai
    • Palladius: илай (ilaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ loi⁴
    • Yale: yāt lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ loi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² loi̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ loi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² loi̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: it-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itlaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ lai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lai²³/

Etymology 1

Verb

一來

1. to come once
2. Indicates the appearance of an action or a state.

Derived terms

• 這樣一來 / 这样一来 (zhèyàngyīlái)

 

Adverb

一來

1. firstly; on the one hand

See also

• 二來／二来 (èrlái)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Mongolian ᠢᠷᠡᠬᠦ (irekü, “to come”).

Verb

一來

1. (obsolete, used during the Yuan and Ming dynasties) to come; to have come

Etymology 3

Calque of Sanskrit सकृदागामिन् (sakṛdāgāmin, “once-returner”).

Noun

一來

1. (Buddhism) Sakadagami