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进来

jìn lái
HSK 3.0 Level 2 Verb Very common

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Definitions

  1. 1. to come in

Word relationships

Counterparts

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进去
jìn qù

to go in

direction towards speaker vs away

Register variants

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进入
jìn rù

to enter

more formal, often written

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used in fixed phrases like 请进来 (qǐng jìn lái) to invite someone in.

Common mistakes

进来 indicates movement towards the speaker; use 进去 (jìn qù) for movement away.

Example Sentences

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请 进来 吧。
Please come in.
看到老师 进来 ，他赶忙站起来。
Seeing the teacher come in, he hurriedly stood up.
雨水从屋顶渗了 进来 。
Rainwater seeped in from the roof.
进来
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13410532)
进来 ！
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 348106)

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Child Words of 进来

来
lái

to come

进
jìn

to go forward