想來

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	to come
trad. (想來)		想	來
simp. (想来)		想	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎnglái

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sióng-lòi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siūⁿ-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnglái
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnglái
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-lai²
    • Yale: syǎng-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheanglai
    • Palladius: сянлай (sjanlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² loi⁴
    • Yale: séung lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sióng-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˋ loi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong³ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ³¹ loi̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siūⁿ-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: siūnn-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviuxlaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /siũ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siũ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/

Verb

想來

1. to guess; to assume

Usage notes

Usually used parenthetically, either at the beginning of a sentence or between the subject and the predicate.