从
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
cóng cong2
- from
- through
- via
- to follow
- to obey
- to engage in (an activity)
- never (in negative sentence)
- (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer
- assistant
- auxiliary
- subordinate
- related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- surname Cong
Example sentences
- He came out of the room at last.
HSK words with 从
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 从来 cónglái always
- 自从 zìcóng since (a time)
- 从事 cóngshì to go for
- 从前 cóngqián previously
- 从此 cóngcǐ from now on
- 从而 cóngér thus
- 从中 cóngzhōng from within
- 服从 fúcóng to obey (an order)
- 从没 cóngméi never (in the past)
- 从不 cóngbù never
- 从未 cóngwèi never
- 从来不 cóngláibù never
- 从头 cóngtóu anew
- 听从 tīngcóng to listen and obey
- 从容 cóngróng to go easy
- 无从 wúcóng not to have access
- 顺从 shùncóng obedient
- 从业 cóngyè to practice (a trade)
- 力不从心 lìbùcóngxīn less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish
- 从容不迫 cóngróngbùpò calm
- 从今以后 cóngjīnyǐhòu from now on
- 从早到晚 cóngzǎodàowǎn from morning till night