Originate from in Chinese
to originate from · HSK 3
来自
- 来 to come
- 自 from
我们班的同学来自不同的国家。 The students in our class come from different countries.
Other ways to say originate from
More words with 来 or 自
How do you say originate from in Chinese?
Originate from in Chinese is 来自 (lái zì). You can also say 出自 (chū zì), 源于 (yuán yú).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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