来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
来往
láiwǎng
to come and go
Characters in this word
往 wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这条路上货车来往频繁，行人过马路要特别小心。 Zhè tiáo lù shang huòchē láiwǎng pínfán, xíngrén guò mǎlù yào tèbié xiǎoxīn. Trucks come and go frequently on this road, so pedestrians need to be especially careful when crossing.
- 桥上来往的行人很多，早晚特别热闹。 Qiáo shang láiwǎng de xíngrén hěn duō, zǎowǎn tèbié rènao. Many pedestrians come and go on the bridge, and it's especially lively morning and evening.
- 他们两家住得很近，平时来往很多。 Tāmen liǎng jiā zhù de hěn jìn, píngshí láiwǎng hěn duō. The two families live close by and often visit each other.
Related words
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来 lái to come
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 带来 dàilái to bring; to cause
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 接下来 jiēxiàlái next; after this
- 来自 láizì to come from
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally