自来 zìlái of one's own accord Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents zìlái of one's own accord 自 zì nounadjective naturally naturally; certainly; of course; indicates that a situation is to be expected or follows a logic of its own来 來 lái verb to come To come; to arrive; to move toward the speaker; to crop up or happenzìlái always 自 zì preposition from from; since; used in formal or written contexts to indicate a starting point in time or space来 來 lái prepositionparticle since Used after a time duration to mean "for the past..." or "ever since"