# 原来 (yuánlái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 原来 (yuánlái) means “originally; it turns out that”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: originally; it turns out that
- Pinyin: yuánlái (yuan2 lai2)
- Traditional: 原來
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 原来你也住在这附近啊！
  Yuánlái nǐ yě zhù zài zhè fùjìn a!
  So it turns out that you also live nearby!

## Characters

- [原](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-original/) (yuán): original; former
- [来](https://hanziro.com/word/lai-come/) (lái): to come

https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-lai-originally/

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