| 1 | 来 | 來 | lái | lai2 | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next | | |
| 2 | 出来 | 出來 | chū lái | chu1 lai2 | to come out; to appear; to arise | | |
| 3 | 后来 | 後來 | hòu lái | hou4 lai2 | afterwards; later | | |
| 4 | 来说 | 來說 | lái shuō | lai2 shuo1 | to have one's say; to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view); now we come to talk about it, ... | | |
| 5 | 过来 | 過來 | guò lái | guo4 lai2 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | | |
| 6 | 来到 | 來到 | lái dào | lai2 dao4 | to come; to arrive | | |
| 7 | 以来 | 以來 | yǐ lái | yi3 lai2 | since (a previous event) | | |
| 8 | 带来 | 帶來 | dài lái | dai4 lai2 | to bring; to bring about; to produce | | |
| 9 | 越来越 | 越來越 | yuè lái yuè | yue4 lai2 yue4 | more and more | | |
| 10 | 来看 | 來看 | lái kàn | lai2 kan4 | to come and see; to see a topic from a certain point of view | | |
| 11 | 本来 | 本來 | běn lái | ben3 lai2 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | | |
| 12 | 来自 | 來自 | lái zì | lai2 zi4 | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) | | |
| 13 | 将来 | 將來 | jiāng lái | jiang1 lai2 | in the future; future; the future; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 14 | 从来 | 從來 | cóng lái | cong2 lai2 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | | |
| 15 | 用来 | 用來 | yòng lái | yong4 lai2 | to be used for | | |
| 16 | 未来 | 未來 | wèi lái | wei4 lai2 | future; tomorrow; Classifiers: 个 ; approaching; coming; pending | | |
| 17 | 上来 | 上來 | shàng lái | shang4 lai2 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | | |
| 18 | 来源 | 來源 | lái yuán | lai2 yuan2 | source (of information etc); origin | | |
| 19 | 传来 | 傳來 | chuán lái | chuan2 lai2 | (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive | | |
| 20 | 近年来 | 近年來 | jìn nián lái | jin4 nian2 lai2 | for the past few years | | |
| 21 | 周恩来 | 周恩來 | zhōu ēn lái | Zhou1 En1 lai2 | Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976 | | |
| 22 | 来信 | 來信 | lái xìn | lai2 xin4 | incoming letter; send a letter here | | |
| 23 | 到来 | 到來 | dào lái | dao4 lai2 | to arrive; arrival; advent | | |
| 24 | 前来 | 前來 | qián lái | qian2 lai2 | to come (formal); before; previously | | |
| 25 | 来不及 | 來不及 | lái bu jí | lai2 bu5 ji2 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | | |