Come and go in Chinese
to come and go · HSK 6
来往
- 来 to come
- 往 toward
街上来往的车辆很多。 Many vehicles come and go on the street.
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How do you say come and go in Chinese?
Come and go in Chinese is 来往 (lái wǎng). You can also say 往来 (wǎng lái).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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