HSK 2 · Coming & going

过来

guò lai

to come over

Stroke order of 过来

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

过 · 6 strokes 来 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

Pass (过) and come (来): come over.

Parts: 过 pass + 来 come

The characters in 过来

过 guo — (past experience particle) (6 strokes)
来 lái — to come (7 strokes)

Example sentence

你过来一下。

Come over here for a moment.

Words with 过

过(past experience particle)过去the past; to go over 难过sad; upset 不过but; however 超过to exceed; to surpass 过年to celebrate the New Year 走过to walk past 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 见过to have seen 过程process

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 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever 本来originally

More words: Coming & going

进入to enter 离开to leave 走过to walk past 走进to walk into 走开to go away 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 通to connect; to go through 站住to stop; halt 停to stop 排row; to line up 排队to queue 靠to lean on; to depend on 身边by one's side

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