來來去去

Chinese

	to come	to come	to go; to leave; to remove	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (來來去去)	來	來	去	去
simp. (来来去去)	来	来	去	去
AABB-type reduplication of 來去／来去 (láiqù).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láiláiqùqù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄑㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ loi⁴ heoi³ heoi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lòi-lòi-hi-hi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-lâi-khì-khì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láiláiqùqù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄑㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láiláicyùcyù
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-lai²-chʻü⁴-chʻü⁴
  - Yale: lái-lái-chyù-chyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lailaichiuhchiuh
  - Palladius: лайлайцюйцюй (lajlajcjujcjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ loi⁴ heoi³ heoi³
  - Yale: lòih lòih heui heui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ loi⁴ hoey³ hoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ loi⁴ hêu³ hêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹ hɵy̯³³ hɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòi-lòi-hi-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: loi^ˇ loi^ˇ hi hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: loi² loi² hi⁴ hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /loi̯¹¹ loi̯¹¹ hi⁵⁵ hi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-lâi-khì-khì
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-lâi-khì-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lailai'qie'qix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² lai¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ lai²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/

Verb

來來去去

to come and go; to make round trips frequently

Synonyms

進進出出／进进出出 (jìnjìnchūchū), (Cantonese) 出出入入

Adverb

來來去去

(Cantonese) back and forth; over and over

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 嚟嚟去去