前來

See also: 前来

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	to come
trad. (前來)		前	來
simp. (前来)		前	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-lòi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-lâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ lai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánlái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-lai²
    • Yale: chyán-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanlai
    • Palladius: цяньлай (cjanʹlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: chìhn lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienlaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ lai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin⁵ lai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ lâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/

Verb

前來

1. (formal) to come (here)

   我的店鋪下個星期開張，歡迎各位親朋好友前來。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的店铺下个星期开张，欢迎各位亲朋好友前来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de diànpù xià ge xīngqī kāizhāng, huānyíng gèwèi qīnpénghǎoyǒu qiánlái. [Pinyin]

   My shop will open for business next week, and all my friends and relatives are welcome to come.