HSK 3 · Time Adverbs

以来

yǐ lái

since

Stroke order of 以来

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

以 · 4 strokes来 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

A person's tool 以 and wheat 来 coming toward you: everything arriving up to now.

Parts: 以 by/since + 来 come

The characters in 以来

来 lái — to come (7 strokes)

Example sentence

毕业以来，我一直在工作。

Since graduating, I have been working.

Words with 以

以后after; later 以前before; formerly 以为to think (wrongly)可以can; may 所以so; therefore 以上above; more than 以下below; less than 以外beyond; apart from

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise 来to come 来到to arrive; to come to 出来to come out 进来to come in 回来to come back 来自to come from 后来afterwards; later 原来originally; so it turns out 接下来next; following 越来越more and more 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)从来always; ever 本来originally

More words: Time Adverbs

久long (time)曾经once; formerly 早已long ago; long since 已already 至今until now; so far 自从since 直到until 始终from start to finish; all along 从来always; ever 本来originally 提前in advance; to move up 及时timely; promptly 立刻immediately 连忙promptly; hastily 赶紧hurriedly; quickly 赶快quickly; at once

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