往 is also the simplified spelling of 徃.
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往
Mandarin · pinyin wǎng
Meanings
- to go (in a direction)
- to
- towards
- (of a train) bound for
- past
- previous
Characters in this entry
- 往
- wǎng · go, depart; past, formerly
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Mandarin tones
3 · wang3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
wong5
Cantonese word readings for 往. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- to go, depart, head for
- (literary, by extension) to flee, escape
- to incline towards, look forward to
- to, towards (a direction or location)
- (Mainland China, Jin, colloquial) to, towards (a state)
- the past; past, former, previous
- (literary) onward, afterwards
- (literary) to die; the deceased
- (literary) to send; to bestow
- (now in compounds) to associate, socialize
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