來往

See also: 来往

Chinese

		to come	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
trad. (來往)		來	往
simp. (来往)		来	往
anagram		往來／往来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láiwǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ wong⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lòi-vông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-óng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láiwǎng → láiwang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄨㄤˇ → ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄨㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láiwång
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-wang⁵
    • Yale: lái-wang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai.woang
    • Palladius: лайван (lajvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /laɪ̯³⁵ wɑŋ³/

Note: Toneless sense - not for the literal “to come and go” sense.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ wong⁵
    • Yale: lòih wóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ wong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ wong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ wɔːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòi-vông
    • Hakka Romanization System: loiˇ vong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: loi² vong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /loi̯¹¹ voŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-óng
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-óng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai'orng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² ɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴¹/

Verb

來往

1. to come and go

   來往車輛／来往车辆  ―  láiwǎng chēliàng  ―  traffic

2. to have contact with; to have dealings with

Synonyms

• (to have contact with): 溝通／沟通 (gōutōng), (literary) 過從／过从 (guòcóng), 過往／过往 (guòwǎng), 交流 (jiāoliú), 交往 (jiāowǎng), 交遊／交游 (jiāoyóu), 往來／往来 (wǎnglái)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 來往

1. contact; dealings; social intercourse

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