"素來" meaning in Chinese

See 素來 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /su⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sou̯³³ lɔːi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA] Forms: 素来 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 素來
  1. (literary) usually; always Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-素來-zh-adv-6sSsUspZ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 一向 (yīxiàng), 一直 (yīzhí), 一貫 (yīguàn), 一贯 (yīguàn), 一路 (yīlù), 一路來 [Xiang], 一路来 [Xiang], 不嬲 [Cantonese], 取總 (qü3 zong3) [Sichuanese], 取总 (qü3 zong3) [Sichuanese], 向來 (xiànglái), 向来 (xiànglái), 始終 (shǐzhōng), 始终 (shǐzhōng), 少來 (shǎolái) [literary], 少来 (shǎolái) [literary], 從來 (cónglái), 从来 (cónglái), 從到今 [Hokkien], 从到今 [Hokkien], 步頻 [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 步频 [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 歷來 (lìlái), 历来 (lìlái), 牢牢 (láoláo) [literary], 直直 [Hokkien], 終始 (zhōngshǐ), 终始 (zhōngshǐ), 跇頭 [Eastern, Min], 跇头 [Eastern, Min], 透底 [Eastern, Min, Taiwanese-Hokkien]
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "素来",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "素來",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "usually; always"
      ],
      "id": "en-素來-zh-adv-6sSsUspZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "always",
          "always"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) usually; always"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yīxiàng",
          "word": "一向"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīzhí",
          "word": "一直"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīguàn",
          "word": "一貫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīguàn",
          "word": "一贯"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīlù",
          "word": "一路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "一路來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "一路来"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "不嬲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qü3 zong3",
          "tags": [
            "Sichuanese"
          ],
          "word": "取總"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qü3 zong3",
          "tags": [
            "Sichuanese"
          ],
          "word": "取总"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiànglái",
          "word": "向來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiànglái",
          "word": "向来"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǐzhōng",
          "word": "始終"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǐzhōng",
          "word": "始终"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǎolái",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "少來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǎolái",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "少来"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cónglái",
          "word": "從來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cónglái",
          "word": "从来"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "從到今"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "从到今"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "步頻"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "步频"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lìlái",
          "word": "歷來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lìlái",
          "word": "历来"
        },
        {
          "roman": "láoláo",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "牢牢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "直直"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhōngshǐ",
          "word": "終始"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhōngshǐ",
          "word": "终始"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "跇頭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "跇头"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Min",
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "透底"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sò͘-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "su⁴-lai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sù-lái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "suhlai"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sulaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сулай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou lòih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³³ lɔːi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sò͘-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sòo-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sorlaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "素來"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "素来",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "素來",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adverbs",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 來",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 素",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien adverbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "usually; always"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "always",
          "always"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) usually; always"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sò͘-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "su⁴-lai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sù-lái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "suhlai"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sulaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сулай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou lòih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ loi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³³ lɔːi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sò͘-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sòo-lâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sorlaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ lai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ lai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yīxiàng",
      "word": "一向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīzhí",
      "word": "一直"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīguàn",
      "word": "一貫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīguàn",
      "word": "一贯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīlù",
      "word": "一路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "一路來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "一路来"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "不嬲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qü3 zong3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "取總"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qü3 zong3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "取总"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànglái",
      "word": "向來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànglái",
      "word": "向来"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǐzhōng",
      "word": "始終"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǐzhōng",
      "word": "始终"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǎolái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "少來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǎolái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "少来"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cónglái",
      "word": "從來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cónglái",
      "word": "从来"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "從到今"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "从到今"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "步頻"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "步频"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìlái",
      "word": "歷來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìlái",
      "word": "历来"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoláo",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "牢牢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "直直"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhōngshǐ",
      "word": "終始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhōngshǐ",
      "word": "终始"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "跇頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "跇头"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "透底"
    }
  ],
  "word": "素來"
}

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