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Mandarin · 3 October 2026 · Directional Complements

走进来走進來

zǒu jìnláiPinyin

to walk in / to enter (towards the speaker)

verb phrase

A compound directional complement structure where '進來' indicates movement from the outside to the inside, specifically moving toward the physical location or perspective of the speaker.

In a sentence

我正坐在客厅地毯上收拾行李呢,房屋中介突然推开大门走进来了。

Wǒ zhèng zuò zài kètīng dǐtǎn shàng shōushí xínglǐ ne, fángwū zhōngjiè tūrán tuīkāi dàmén zǒu jìnlái le.

I was just sitting on the living room carpet packing my bags when the real estate agent suddenly pushed open the front door and walked in.

The Mandarin word 走进来, illustrated
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