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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīlái [Phonetic: yìlái]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄌㄞˊ
  - 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

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

Derived terms

這樣一來 / 这样一来 (zhèyàngyīlái)

Adverb

一來

firstly; on the one hand
Coordinate term: 二來 / 二来 (èrlái)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

一來

(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

(Buddhism) Sakadagami