以来
Meaning
yǐlái yi3 lai2
- since (a previous event)
Example sentences
- How long has it been since you saw your girlfriend?
- It's been two years since I started learning Chinese.
- 2016 was the hottest year on record.
- I have not eaten anything for the last three days.
Words sharing a character
- 可以kěyǐcan
- 所以suǒyǐtherefore
- 以后yǐhòuafter
- 以前yǐqiánbefore
- 以及yǐjías well as
- 以为yǐwéito think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
- 难以nányǐhard to (predict, imagine etc)
- 以下yǐxiàthat level or lower
- 以上yǐshàngthat level or higher
- 以外yǐwàiapart from