HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Places

进来 jìnlái “to come in” in Chinese

Traditional 進來

What 进来 means

  1. to come in

How to say 进来

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale来lái2nd tone, rising

进来 in a sentence

  1. 进来吧，外面很冷。

    Jìnlái ba, wàimiàn hěn lěng.

    Come in, it’s cold outside.

    Sentence #693750 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 让他进来。

    Ràng tā jìnlái.

    Let him in.

    Sentence #3032023 from Tatoeba

  3. 我可以进来吗？

    Wǒ kěyǐ jìnlái ma?

    May I come in?

    Sentence #780338 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 进来 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 进 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
进jìnto go forward
  • 井well · jǐngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 井 (jǐng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

The character 来 (lái) with each of its parts in a different colour
来láito come
  • 未part of the character
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

Memory aidDrawn from a stalk of wheat. It was borrowed early on for “to come”.

How to write 进来

进 7 strokes · 来 7 strokes

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进来 (jìnlái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 进来 (jìnlái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 进来

Words with 进

进jìn · to enter进去jìnqù · to go in进行jìnxíng · to advance进入jìnrù · to enter促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)改进gǎijìn · to improve进步jìnbù · progress进口jìnkǒu · to import进攻jìngōng · to attack上进shàngjìn · eager to improve

Words with 来

来lái · to come出来chūlái · to come out过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return上来shànglái · to come up下来xiàlai · to come down后来hòulái · afterwards起来qǐlai · beginning or continuing an action带来dàilái · to bring (about)看来kànlái · it seems

More words: Places & Getting Around

公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return回去huíqu · to return进去jìnqù · to go in里面lǐmiàn · inside路上lùshang · on the road商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall

FAQs

进来 (jìnlái) means “to come in”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it jìnlái: jìn with a 4th tone, then lái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 进来 is written 進來. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinlai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进来 from the suggestions. Typing jinlai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进来 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.