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从来cóngláiever; never (with negation)

Theme
Adverbs
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
11
Characters
2

How 从来 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

从 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
来 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 从来

Examples

我从来没有去过中国。

Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu qù guo Zhōngguó.

I have never been to China.

  • 我wǒI
  • 从来cóngláiever; never (with negation)
  • 没有méiyǒuto not have
  • 去qùto go
  • 过guoexperience marker; to pass
  • 中国ZhōngguóChina

他从来不喝酒。

Tā cónglái bù hē jiǔ.

He never drinks alcohol.

  • 他tāhe
  • 从来cóngláiever; never (with negation)
  • 不bùno
  • 喝hēto drink
  • 酒jiǔalcohol; wine

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 本来
  • 原来
  • 从前