……來……去

See also: 來去

Chinese

				to come			to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (……來……去)		…	…	來	…	…	去
simp. (……来……去)		…	…	来	…	…	去

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ... lái... qù

  (Zhuyin): ... ㄌㄞˊ ... ㄑㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ... lái... qù
    • Zhuyin: ... ㄌㄞˊ ... ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ... lái... cyù
    • Wade–Giles: ... lai²... chʻü⁴
    • Yale: ... lái-... chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ... lai... chiuh
    • Palladius: ... лай... цюй (... laj... cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/

Verb

……來……去

1. Used as a complement to denote moving back and forth over and over.

   走來走去／走来走去  ―  zǒu lái zǒu qù  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   思來想去／思来想去  ―  sīláixiǎngqù  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1998, “山水迢迢”, 瓊瑤 (lyrics), performed by 方琼:

     盼過昨宵　又盼今朝　盼來盼去魂也消 [MSC, trad.]
     盼过昨宵　又盼今朝　盼来盼去魂也消 [MSC, simp.]

     pàn guò zuóxiāo, yòu pàn jīnzhāo, pàn lái pàn qù hún yě xiāo [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1998, “我是一隻魚”, performed by 任賢齊:

     沒有你　像離開水的魚　快要活不下去　不能在一起　游來游去 [MSC, trad.]
     没有你　像离开水的鱼　快要活不下去　不能在一起　游来游去 [MSC, simp.]

     méiyǒu nǐ, xiàng líkāi shuǐ de yú, kuàiyào huó bù xiàqù, bù néng zài yīqǐ, yóu lái yóu qù [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)