向來

See also: 向来

Chinese

		direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to	to come
trad. (向來)		向	來
simp. (向来)		向	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànglái

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ loi⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hiong-lòi

(Hailu, HRS): hiong^ˇ loi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiòng-lâi / hiàng-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànglái
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànglái
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-lai²
  - Yale: syàng-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqlai
  - Palladius: сянлай (sjanlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng³ loi⁴
  - Yale: heung lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiong-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong loi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong⁴ loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˇ loi
  - Sinological IPA: /hioŋ¹¹ loi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: hiòng-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiornglaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ lai²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàng-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: hiàng-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiarnglaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ lai²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/

Adverb

向來

always; all along; never (before a negation)
向來就是一個謎。 [MSC, trad.]
向来就是一个谜。 [MSC, simp.]
Xiànglái jiù shì yī ge mí. [Pinyin]
It's always been a mystery.
(archaic) before; earlier

Synonyms

(always):

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一向 (yīxiàng)
一直 (yīzhí)
一貫 / 一贯 (yīguàn)
一路 (yīlù)
一路來 / 一路来 (Xiang)
不嬲 (Cantonese)
取總 / 取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
始終 / 始终 (shǐzhōng)
少來 / 少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來 / 从来 (cónglái)
從到今 / 从到今 (Hokkien)
步頻 / 步频 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
歷來 / 历来 (lìlái)
牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
直直 (Hokkien)
素來 / 素来 (sùlái) (literary)
終始 / 终始 (zhōngshǐ)
跇頭 / 跇头 (Eastern Min)
透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

(before):

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上早 (Hakka)
以前 (yǐqián)
以早 (ī-cā) (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
先前 (xiānqián)
先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
前仔 (Tainan Hokkien)
前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
原在 (Hakka)
古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
嘗 / 尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
在前 (zàiqián)
家先 (Hakka)
往擺 / 往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
往擺仔 / 往摆仔 (Hokkien)
往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
往過 / 往过 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
往過仔 / 往过仔 (Hokkien)
從前 / 从前 (cóngqián)
早先 (zǎoxiān)
早年所 (Hokkien)
早時 / 早时 (Hokkien)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
昔時 / 昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
曾
曾經 / 曾经 (céngjīng)
當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
舊擺 / 旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
舊早 / 旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
過前 / 过前 (Hainanese)