来
往

To come and go in Chinese: 来往 (lái wǎng)

lái wǎng

to come and go

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 來往1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to come and go
  2. 2to have dealings with
  3. 3to be in relation with

Stroke order

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来
往

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄨㄤˇ

wǎng

ㄨ/ uㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

来往

Simplified

來往

Traditional

Example sentences

See 来往 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他们两家来往得很密切。

    tā men liǎng jiā lái wǎng dé hěn mì qiè。

    The two families have very close dealings with each other.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

往

wǎng

to go (in a direction)

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

往往

wǎng wǎng

usually

原来

yuán lái

original

看来

kàn lai

apparently

来自

lái zì

to come from (a place)

往返

wǎng fǎn

to go back and forth

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