往者

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
simp. and trad. (往者)		往	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngzhě [Phonetic: wángzhě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngjhě
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-chê³
    • Yale: wǎng-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangjee
    • Palladius: ванчжэ (vančžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁵ ze²
    • Yale: wóhng jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ t͡sɛː³⁵/

Noun

往者

1. (literary) past actions; past events
2. (literary) the past; past times; former times

Synonyms

• 上早 (Hakka)
• 以前 (yǐqián)
• 先前 (xiānqián)
• 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
• 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
• 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
• 原在 (Hakka)
• 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
• 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
• 在前 (zàiqián)
• 家先 (Hakka)
• 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
• 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
• 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 早先 (zǎoxiān)
• 早年所 (Hokkien)
• 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
• 曾
• 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 過前／过前 (Hainanese)

 

Derived terms

• 往者不可及，來者猶可待／往者不可及，来者犹可待 (wǎngzhě bùkějí láizhě yóu kědài dài)