来自 (come from)

Origins in a single verb

• to come from (a place)来自lái zì = "to come from" — origin in one tidy verb.
• I / me我wǒto come from (a place)来自lái zìChina中国zhōng guó = "I come from China."
• More formal / written than from从cóng…to come来lái.

Subj + to come from (a place)来自lái zì + Place / Source

• to come from (a place)来自lái zì takes the origin directly as its object.

these这些zhè xiēstudents学生xué shengcome from来自lái zìdifferent不同bù tóngcountries国家guó jiā。

• to come from (a place)来自lái zìdifferent不同bù tóngcountry国家guó jiā = "come from different countries."

to come from (a place)来自lái zì vs from从cóng…to come来lái

• to come from (a place)来自lái zì + Place (formal); from从cóng + Place + to come来lái (everyday).

Recap

Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verbs.