Direction with 来 and 去

Structure Verb + 来 (toward me) / 去 (away from me)

After a movement verb, 来 means coming toward the speaker and 去 going away: 进来 ("come in, toward me"), 出去 ("go out, away from me"), 回来 ("come back here"), 上去 ("go up there"). The reference point is always the speaker. These are the simple directional complements; the compound ones (起来, 下去…) come later.

Examples

请qǐng进jìn来lái。
Please come in.
他tā出chū去qù了le。
He went out.
你nǐ什shén么me时shí候hou回huí来lái？
When are you coming back?

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