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Leave for in Chinese

to leave for · HSK 5

前往 qián wǎng

  1. 前 qián front
  2. 往 wǎng toward

他明天将前往上海开会。 He will leave for Shanghai tomorrow for a meeting.

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How do you say leave for in Chinese?

Leave for in Chinese is 前往 (qián wǎng).

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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