He was born Cuban.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
生来
from birth
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
from birth
02
by one's nature
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 生来 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 生来 appears in 11 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I was born to love you.
Kent is a born leader.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 生来.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 生来.
Directly before
- 我们生来5
- 他生来4
- 我生来2
- 一个生来1
Directly after
- 生来就是7
- 生来是4
- 生来并非1
- 生来就1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 生来
What does 生来 mean in Chinese?
生来 (shēnglái) means from birth.
How do you pronounce 生来?
生来 is pronounced shēnglái.
Is 生来 an HSK word?
生来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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