Chinese word dictionary

过往

guòwǎng · to come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past; previous

Practice word

Word information

Simplified过往

Traditional過往

Pinyinguòwǎng

Part of speech动、名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

过guò

pass; to go across, to pass through

往wǎng

to go, to depart; past, former

How to learn 过往

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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过guò

to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-

过来guòlái

to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

过年guònián

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

过去guòqù

(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

过去guò qù

(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

往wǎng

old variant of 往[wang3]; to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous