来往 meaning in English

láiwǎng

to come and go; to have dealings with

HSK 6verbTraditional 來往15 strokes

Meaning of 来往

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

láiwǎng

to come and go
to have dealings with
to be in relation with

How to use 来往

来往 describes traffic or people moving back and forth, and also ongoing contact or relationships between people, companies, or countries. It often appears with 和 or 跟 to name the other party. Example: 我跟他已经没有来往了。(Wǒ gēn tā yǐjīng méiyǒu láiwǎng le.) I no longer have any contact with him.

来往 (láiwǎng) joins 来 (lái, to come) and 往 (wǎng, to go toward). People who keep coming to you and going to you are people you have dealings with.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 往 (wǎng) as 住 (zhù, to live), because the right sides look alike. 往 has the two-person radical 彳 on the left, while 住 has the single-person radical 亻.

来往 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ最zuì好hǎo不bù要yào和hé他tā来lái往wǎng。

You'd better not keep company with him.

我wǒ们men和hé很hěn多duō国guó家jiā有yǒu生shēng意yì来lái往wǎng。

We are doing business with many countries.

他tā跟gēn他tā们men干gān脆cuì地dì断duàn绝jué来lái往wǎng了le。

He made a clean break with them.

当dāng时shí正zhèng是shì早zǎo高gāo峰fēng，来lái来lái往wǎng往wǎng的de行xíng人rén和hé车chē辆liàng很hěn多duō。

It was the morning rush hour, and there were a lot of passing pedestrians and cars.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

来 lái · to come · 7 strokes

往 wǎng · to go · 8 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 来往.

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 来往

What does 来往 mean?

来往 (láiwǎng) means "to come and go; to have dealings with" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 来往?

来往 is made of 2 characters: 来 (7 strokes), 往 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 来往 an HSK word?

Yes. 来往 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 来往 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 来往 is written 來往.

Is 来往 the same as 往来 (wǎnglái)?

They overlap in meaning, both covering coming and going and mutual contact. 往来 sounds more formal and is common in written phrases like 贸易往来 (trade relations). 来往 is more everyday and conversational.

How do I use 来往 to talk about traffic?

You can use it before a noun to mean passing or coming and going. For example, 来往的车辆很多 (láiwǎng de chēliàng hěn duō) means there are many passing vehicles.