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

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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/

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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/
Bernard 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
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)