<p>来 come --&gt; deliver --&gt; serve --&gt; bring</p>
<p>来一瓶啤酒 (come --&gt; deliver --&gt; serve --&gt; bring me a bottle of beer)</p>
<p>The subject in 来一瓶啤酒 is the person listening to this order (e.g. waiter) and the verb 来 (come) is basically a short version of 送過來</p>
<p>(送過)來一瓶啤酒 = 送一瓶啤酒過來 - deliver/ bring me a bottle of beer</p>
<p>'来' still means 'come', but it can be extended to 'deliver' and from 'deliver' extend to 'bring'</p>
<p>Similarly: 上 (forward) --&gt; deliver --&gt; serve --&gt;bring</p>
<p>e.g. 再上主菜 (then bring me the main course)</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>来 can be used to replace actual verb in spoken. E.g.  来一首歌(唱一首歌)，来瓶啤酒(拿瓶啤酒).</p>
<p>This use of 来 can be found in dictionaries.</p>

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dan
<p>In the sentence &quot;来一瓶啤酒&quot;, what does the word &quot;来&quot; mean?
I guess, it means &quot;to bring&quot;. But I couldn't find this meaning for the word &quot;来&quot; in the MDBG dictionary.</p>

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Does 来 mean "bring"?
# Does 来 mean "bring"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-11-24)

In the sentence "来一瓶啤酒", what does the word "来" mean?
I guess, it means "to bring". But I couldn't find this meaning for the word "来" in the MDBG dictionary.

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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-11-24. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

来 can be used to replace actual verb in spoken. E.g. 来一首歌(唱一首歌)，来瓶啤酒(拿瓶啤酒).

This use of 来 can be found in dictionaries.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-11-24. Score: 8

来 come --> deliver --> serve --> bring

来一瓶啤酒 (come --> deliver --> serve --> bring me a bottle of beer)

The subject in 来一瓶啤酒 is the person listening to this order (e.g. waiter) and the verb 来 (come) is basically a short version of 送過來

(送過)來一瓶啤酒 = 送一瓶啤酒過來 - deliver/ bring me a bottle of beer

'来' still means 'come', but it can be extended to 'deliver' and from 'deliver' extend to 'bring'

Similarly: 上 (forward) --> deliver --> serve -->bring

e.g. 再上主菜 (then bring me the main course)


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