来

(after a round number) approximately

(between two verbs) in order to

(prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世)

(used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)

(used as a substitute for a more specific verb)

ever since (as in 自古以来)

for the past (amount of time)

hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来)

to come