從
cóngCóng HSK1

from

从 (從) cóng frequency
from preposition
from, through, or by way of a place or time

他从上海来。

tā cóng Shàng​hǎi lái.

He is from Shanghai.

ever adverb
used before a negative to mean at any time

他一向言出必行，对人从无虚假之言。

tā yī​xiàng yán​chū​bì​xíng, duì rén cóng wú xū​jiǎ zhī yán.

He has always been as good as his word and never speaks untruthfully to anyone.

engage in verb
to take part in or pursue an activity or occupation

他大学毕业后决定回乡从农，发展现代农业。

tā dà​xué bì​yè hòu jué​dìng huí​xiāng cóng nóng, fā​zhǎn xiàn​dài nóng​yè.

After graduating from university, he decided to return to his hometown to take up farming and develop modern agriculture.

follow verb
to follow or obey a person, rule, or command

只要是有道理的建议，他都乐于从之。

zhǐ​yào shì yǒu dào​li de jiàn​yì, tā dōu lè​yú cóng zhī.

He is happy to follow any suggestion that makes sense.

paternal relation adjective
related by a common paternal ancestor (grandfather or earlier)

他是我的从伯父。

tā shì wǒ de cóng bó​fù.

He is my father's cousin.

subordinate preposition
an attendant, assistant, or person in a secondary or auxiliary role

在语法分析中，我们要学会区分主句和从句。

zài yǔ​fǎ fēn​xī zhōng, wǒ​men yào xué​huì qū​fēn zhǔ​jù hé cóng​jù.

In grammatical analysis, we must learn to distinguish between main clauses and subordinate clauses.

从 (從) Cóng
Cong preposition
surname Cong

从先生是我们的新老师。

Cóng xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn lǎo​shī.

Mr. Cong is our new teacher.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
98th most common 1911.9 per million
Movie subtitles
119th most common 1489.9 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1410.4 per million appears in 98% of films
Written text
1545.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
从
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5F9E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)