原來

See also: 原来

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	to come
trad. (原來)		原	來
simp. (原来)		原	来
variant forms		元來／元来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánlái

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ loi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-lòi / ngiàn-lòi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): goân-lâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): nguêng⁵ lai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuánlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanlai
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ loi⁴
  - Yale: yùhn lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ loi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ lɔːy̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² loi²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² loi²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: guân-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² laɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ laɪ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nguêng⁵ lai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguêng lâi
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/

Noun

原來

the beginning; the past
回到原來 / 回到原来 ― huídào yuánlái ― to return to the past

Adjective

原來

(attributive) original
回到原來的地方 / 回到原来的地方 ― huídào yuánlái de dìfāng ― to return to the original place

Adverb

原來

originally
as it turns out; in fact
《原來你也在這裡》 / 《原来你也在这里》 ― “Yuánlái nǐ yě zài zhèlǐ” ― "So You are Here Too" (song title)

原來係你搞成噉嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
原来系你搞成噉嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Jyun⁴ loi⁴ hai⁶ nei⁵ gaau² sing⁴ gam² ge³. [Jyutping]
So it was you who did this.

Synonyms

(originally):

Synonyms of 原來

一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原底 (yuándǐ) (chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan)
原本 (yuánběn)
在本 (Min Nan)
最初 (zuìchū)
本來／本来 (běnlái)
本底 (Min Nan)
本成 (Min Nan)

本然 (Min Nan)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Min Nan)
自本 (Min Nan)
舊底／旧底 (Min Nan)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起初 (qǐchū)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
開初／开初 (kāichū)

Derived terms

原來如此／原来如此 (yuánláirúcǐ)

Korean

Hanja in this term
原	來

Adverb

原來 • (wollae) (hangeul 원래)

Hanja form^? of 원래 (“originally”).

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