原来

yuánlái

original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out

nounadjectiveadverb HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 原來

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

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See it in sentences

原来是你！

So it is you!

他原来住在这儿。

He used to live here.