Hanziro

All HSK 3.0 Level 2 words

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

  1. originally
  2. it turns out that

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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!

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