HSK 1 grammar · preposition
从
从 — from (a starting point)
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
从 before a place or time word marks the starting point that an action moves from, like "from". Put 从 and its source in front of the verb. This is the bare source use — for a full span use the paired 从…到.
Examples
我从北京来。
Wǒ cóng Běijīng lái.
I come from Beijing.
你从哪儿来？
Nǐ cóng nǎr lái?
Where do you come from?
从这儿走。
Cóng zhèr zǒu.
Leave from here.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 从 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.