往還

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet
trad. (往還)		往	還
simp. (往还)		往	还

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnghuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ waan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnghuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnghuán
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-huan²
    • Yale: wǎng-hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanghwan
    • Palladius: ванхуань (vanxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁵ waan⁴
    • Yale: wóhng wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ wan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ waːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-hoân
    • Tâi-lô: óng-huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofnghoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huan²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwangX hwaen

Rime
Character	往	還
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	于兩切	戸關切
Baxter	hjwangX	hwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐŋX/	/ɦˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋX/	/ɦʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋX/	/ɣuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋX/	/ɦwaɨn/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋX/	/ɣuan/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋX/	/ɣwan/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iwaŋX/	/ɣwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎng	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong5	waan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋʔ  [ɢ]ʷˤ<r>en/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ  ɡʷraːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	往	還
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎng	huán
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwangX ›	‹ hwæn ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋʔ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁ<r>en/
English	go to	turn around; return
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	往	還
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	12760	16230
Phonetic component	往	睘
Rime group	陽	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	往	還
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*ɡʷraːn/
Notes	甲文乃從止王聲

Verb

往還 (literary)

1. to go back and forth; to come and go

   • 入火往還，埃不漫，身不焦。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     入火往还，埃不漫，身不焦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Rù huǒ wǎnghuán, āi bù màn, shēn bù jiāo. [Pinyin]

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   • 手下各官兩旁擁侍，軍民人眾不得往還。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     手下各官两旁拥侍，军民人众不得往还。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Shǒuxià gè guān liǎngpáng yōngshì, jūnmín rénzhòng bùdé wǎnghuán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to have dealings with; to have contact with; to communicate; to exchange

Synonyms

• (to go back and forth):

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• 來去 / 来去 (láiqù)
• 來回 / 来回 (láihuí)
• 來往 / 来往 (láiwǎng)
• 往來 / 往来 (wǎnglái)
• 往復 / 往复 (wǎngfù)
• 往返 (wǎngfǎn)
• 過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)

• (to have dealings with):

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• 交往 (jiāowǎng)
• 交插 (Hokkien)
• 交流 (jiāoliú)
• 交聊 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 交遊 / 交游 (jiāoyóu)
• 交際 / 交际 (jiāojì)
• 來去 / 来去 (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Min Nan, Wu)
• 來往 / 来往 (láiwǎng)
• 周旋 (zhōuxuán)
• 往來 / 往来 (wǎnglái)
• 應酬 / 应酬
• 打交道 (dǎ jiāodào)
• 溝通 / 沟通 (gōutōng)
• 社交 (shèjiāo)
• 行踏 (Hokkien)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)
• 過從 / 过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
• 酬酢 (chóuzuò) (literary)
• 鋪排 / 铺排 (Hokkien)