素來

Chinese

		plain; element	to come
trad. (素來)		素	來
simp. (素来)		素	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ loi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùlái
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-lai²
    • Yale: sù-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhlai
    • Palladius: сулай (sulaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ loi⁴
    • Yale: sou lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: sòo-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorlaai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/

Adverb

素來

1. (literary) usually; always

Synonyms

• 一向 (yīxiàng)
• 一直 (yīzhí)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
• 取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
• 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
• 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
• 直直 (Hokkien)
• 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
• 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
• 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)