从

How to write 从, stroke by stroke

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What 从 means

variant of 从; surname Cong; from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

Ideographic: One person 人 following another

Made of 人

Words with 从

• 从来cóng láialways; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
• 从没cóng méinever (in the past); never did
• 从未cóng wèinever
• 自从zì cóngsince (a time); ever since
• 从不cóng bùnever
• 从来不cóng lái bùnever
• 从前cóng qiánpreviously; formerly; once upon a time
• 从小cóng xiǎofrom childhood; from a young age
• 从此cóng cǐfrom now on; since then; henceforth
• 服从fú cóngto obey (an order); to comply; to defer
• 从事cóng shìto go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
• 听从tīng cóngto listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken

从 in a sentence

• 我从没认为你错了。

  wǒ cóng méi rèn wéi nǐ cuò le 。

  I do not for a moment think you are wrong.

• 我不知道它是从哪里来的。

  wǒ bù zhī dào tā shì cóng nǎ lǐ lái de 。

  I didn't know where it came from.

• 我之前从未到过那儿。

  wǒ zhī qián cóng wèi dào guò nà ér 。

  I've never been there before.

• 从来就没有徒劳的爱情。

  cóng lái jiù méi yǒu tú láo de ài qíng 。

  Love is never wasted.

• 我从不喝啤酒。

  wǒ cóng bù hē pí jiǔ 。

  I never touch beer.

Characters that sound like 从

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