原来 yuánlái HSK2 original Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 原来 原來 yuánlái original adjective attributive adjective used to describe a state or situation as it was previously; former; initial 我还是原来的我。 wǒ háishi yuánlái de wǒ. I'm still the same person I was. 我目前的工作与原来的工作大不相同。 wǒ mùqián de gōngzuò yǔ yuánlái de gōngzuò dàbùxiāngtóng. My current job is very different from my previous job. originally adverb originally; formerly; at first 这房间原来是卧室。 zhè fángjiān yuánlái shì wòshì. This room was originally a bedroom. 实际上我原来是学画画的。 shíjìshang wǒ yuánlái shì xué huà huà de. Actually, I originally studied painting. as it turns out adverb used when discovering the truth about a situation or realizing something previously unknown; as a matter of fact; actually 原来，我并不完美。 yuánlái, wǒ bìngbù wánměi. Turns out, I'm not perfect. 原来，她经常羞辱她的丈夫。 yuánlái, tā jīngcháng xiūrǔ tā de zhàngfu. It turned out that she often humiliated her husband. the past noun referring to the beginning or how things used to be Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 88.8 per million appears in 32% of films Written text 212.8 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2 Cross-References Same as 敢情 gǎnqing元来 yuánlái Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
原来 原來 yuánlái original adjective attributive adjective used to describe a state or situation as it was previously; former; initial 我还是原来的我。 wǒ háishi yuánlái de wǒ. I'm still the same person I was. 我目前的工作与原来的工作大不相同。 wǒ mùqián de gōngzuò yǔ yuánlái de gōngzuò dàbùxiāngtóng. My current job is very different from my previous job. originally adverb originally; formerly; at first 这房间原来是卧室。 zhè fángjiān yuánlái shì wòshì. This room was originally a bedroom. 实际上我原来是学画画的。 shíjìshang wǒ yuánlái shì xué huà huà de. Actually, I originally studied painting. as it turns out adverb used when discovering the truth about a situation or realizing something previously unknown; as a matter of fact; actually 原来，我并不完美。 yuánlái, wǒ bìngbù wánměi. Turns out, I'm not perfect. 原来，她经常羞辱她的丈夫。 yuánlái, tā jīngcháng xiūrǔ tā de zhàngfu. It turned out that she often humiliated her husband. the past noun referring to the beginning or how things used to be Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 88.8 per million appears in 32% of films Written text 212.8 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2 Cross-References Same as 敢情 gǎnqing元来 yuánlái Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
