来自 (láizì) means Comes from. Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 来自 一个小城市。
Tā láizì yí ge xiǎo chéngshì.
He comes from a small city.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 来自
这些学生 来自 不同的国家。
Zhèxiē xuésheng láizì bù tóng de guójiā.
These students come from different countries.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 来自
三分之一的学生 来自 国外。
Sān fēn zhī yī de xuésheng láizì guówài.
A third of the students come from abroad.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 之
参赛选手 来自 十几个国家。
Cānsài xuǎnshǒu láizì shí jǐ ge guójiā.
The competitors come from more than a dozen countries.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 选手
这首曲子的灵感 来自 一次旅行。
Zhè shǒu qǔzi de línggǎn láizì yí cì lǚxíng.
The inspiration for this piece came from a journey.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灵感
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Questions about 来自
How is 来自 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 来自 (láizì, "Comes from"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 来自 an HSK word?
Yes — 来自 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 来自?
The dictionary page for 来自 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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