Meaning of 往来
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- dealings
- contacts
- to go back and forth
How to use 往来
往来 is used for traffic moving both ways and, more often, for contact or business between people, companies or countries. It works as a verb or a noun. Example: 我们两家公司有很多往来。(Wǒmen liǎng jiā gōngsī yǒu hěn duō wǎnglái.) Our two companies have a lot of dealings.
往 (wǎng) means to go toward, and 来 (lái) means to come. Going and coming between two places is what people do when they keep in contact, so 往来 covers both travel back and forth and ongoing dealings.
Common mistake: Learners often write 住 (zhù, to live) instead of 往 (wǎng), since they look alike. 往 has the double-person radical 彳 and 住 has the single-person radical 亻. Also keep 往 in the third tone. Do not say it in the fourth tone.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
往 wǎng · to go · 8 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
来 lái · to come · 7 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Related words
Words that share a character with 往来.
| 回来 | huílái | to return; to come back |
| 起来 | qǐlái | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 出来 | chūlái | to come out; to appear |
| 进来 | jìnlái | to come in |
| 来到 | láidào | to arrive; to come |
| 过来 | guòlái | to come over; to manage |
| 带来 | dàilái | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce |
| 来自 | láizì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 原来 | yuánlái | original; former; originally; formerly; at first |
| 后来 | hòulái | afterwards; later; newly arrived |
| 接下来 | jiē xiàlái | to accept; to take |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
Questions about 往来
What does 往来 mean?
往来 (wǎnglái) means "dealings; contacts" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 往来?
往来 is made of 2 characters: 往 (8 strokes), 来 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 往来 an HSK word?
Yes. 往来 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 往来 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 往来 is written 往來.
What is the difference between 往来 and 来往?
Both can mean contact or dealings. 来往 (láiwǎng) is more common in everyday speech for personal contact, as in 我们很少来往. 往来 sounds a bit more formal and is common in writing about trade, letters or relations between groups.
How do I say I have no contact with someone using 往来?
Use 没有往来 or 不再往来. For example, 他们早就没有往来了 (Tāmen zǎo jiù méiyǒu wǎnglái le) means they lost contact long ago.