来临 meaning in English

láilín

to approach; to come closer

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 來臨16 strokes

Meaning of 来临

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

láilín
  1. to approach; to come closer

来临 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

世shì界jiè末mò日rì来lái临lín的de时shí候hòu,我wǒ就jiù跟gēn你nǐ走zǒu。
I'll go with you when the end of the world arrives.
我wǒ代dài表biǎo公gōng司sī欢huān迎yíng你nǐ的de来lái临lín。
On behalf of the company, I welcome you.
他tā们men宣xuān布bù了le暴bào风fēng雨yǔ即jí将jiāng来lái临lín。
They announced that a storm was coming.
春chūn天tiān尚shàng未wèi来lái临lín。
It's not spring yet.
在zài瑞ruì士shì,春chūn天tiān在zài五wǔ月yuè来lái临lín。
In Switzerland, spring comes in May.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

来 lái · to come · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

临 lín · to face · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 来临.

回来huíláito return; to come back
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
出来chūláito come out; to appear
进来jìnláito come in
来到láidàoto arrive; to come
过来guòláito come over; to manage
带来dàiláito bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
来自láizìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
原来yuánláioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
接下来jiē xiàláito accept; to take
越来越yuè lái yuèmore and more

Questions about 来临

What does 来临 mean?

来临 (láilín) means "to approach; to come closer" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 来临?

来临 is made of 2 characters: 来 (7 strokes), 临 (9 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 来临 an HSK word?

Yes. 来临 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 来临 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 来临 is written 來臨.