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
alternative forms	元來／元来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yuánlái

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йүанлэ (yüanle, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ loi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-lòi / ngiàn-lòi
Eastern Min (BUC): nguòng-lài
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): goân-lâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): nguang⁵ lai⁵ / nguêng⁵ lai⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶gnioe-le

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánlái
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-lai²
  - Yale: ywán-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanlai
  - Palladius: юаньлай (juanʹlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йүанлэ (yüanle, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yæ̃²⁴ lɛ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ loi⁴
  - Yale: yùhn lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ loi̯¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nguòng-lài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(l-)nˡai⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: guân-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ lai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nguang⁵ lai⁵ / nguêng⁵ lai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng lâi / nguêng lâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/, /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/

Note:

nguang5 lai5 - Shantou;
nguêng5 lai5 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnioe-le
  - MiniDict: nyoe^去 le
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyyoe-le
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲyø²² le⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: ngjwon loj

Rime
Character	原	來
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	愚袁切	洛哀切
Baxter	ngjwon	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn/	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn/	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn/	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan/	/ləj/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn/	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn/	/lɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁴	loi⁴

Noun

原來

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

Synonyms

以往 (yǐwǎng)
前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
已往 (yǐwǎng)
平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
往前 (wǎngqián)
往常 (wǎngcháng)
往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
從前／从前 (cóngqián)
既往 (jìwǎng)
日前 (rìqián) (literary)
日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
早日 (zǎorì)
昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
當年／当年
疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
素日 (sùrì) (literary)
老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
過去／过去 (guòqù)
過往／过往 (guòwǎng)

Adjective

原來

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

Synonyms

(attributive) 本來／本来 (běnlái)
原始 (yuánshǐ)

Adverb

原來

originally
原來認為辦不到的事，現在辦到了。 [MSC, trad.]
原来认为办不到的事，现在办到了。 [MSC, simp.]
Yuánlái rènwéi bàn bù dào de shì, xiànzài bàn dào le. [Pinyin]
What was thought impossible has now been done.
as it turns out; in fact; in the end
《原來你也在這裡》 [MSC, trad.]
《原来你也在这里》 [MSC, simp.]
“Yuánlái nǐ yě zài zhèlǐ” [Pinyin]
"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.

約翰的女友發現了他的不忠並甩了他，原來他也有今天。 [MSC, trad.]
约翰的女友发现了他的不忠并甩了他，原来他也有今天。 [MSC, simp.]
Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān. [Pinyin]
After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.

Synonyms

(originally):

一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
先頭／先头 (Wu)
最初 (zuìchū)
初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
原 (yuán)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原初 (yuánchū)
原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
原旦 (Hakka)
原本 (yuánběn)
原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
在本 (Hokkien)
始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
本來／本来 (běnlái)
本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
本底 (Hokkien)
本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
本成 (Hokkien)
本然 (Hokkien)
本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
自本 (Hokkien)
舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起初 (qǐchū)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
開初／开初 (kāichū)
頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)

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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