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
往日
wǎngrì
former days; the past
Characters in this word
日 rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 老厂房被改造成艺术园区，往日的机器轰鸣只剩在照片里。 Lǎo chǎngfáng bèi gǎizào chéng yìshù yuánqū, wǎngrì de jīqì hōngmíng zhǐ shèng zài zhàopiàn lǐ. The old factory has been turned into an arts district, and the machine roar of former days survives only in photographs.
- 这条老街的往日热闹，只能从老人口中听到。 Zhè tiáo lǎojiē de wǎngrì rènao, zhǐ néng cóng lǎorén kǒu zhōng tīngdào. The liveliness this old street once had can now only be heard about from the elderly locals.
- 他常回忆往日的生活，脸上带着淡淡的微笑。 Tā cháng huíyì wǎngrì de shēnghuó, liǎnshang dàizhe dàndàn de wēixiào. He often recalls life in the old days, a faint smile on his face.
Related words
- 往 wǎng toward (direction)
- 交往 jiāowǎng to have contact; to associate
- 前往 qiánwǎng to go to; to head for
- 往往 wǎngwǎng often
- 以往 yǐwǎng in the past
- 来往 láiwǎng to come and go
- 往后 wǎnghòu from now on, later
- 往来 wǎnglái to come and go
- 往年 wǎngnián past years
- 向往 xiàngwǎng to yearn for
- 过往 guòwǎng past; former; previous
- 礼尚往来 lǐshàngwǎnglái courtesy demands reciprocity; exchange of favours or gifts