過往

Chinese

	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	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
trad. (過往)	過	往
simp. (过往)	过	往
anagram	往過／往过

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòwǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ wong⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kòe-óng / kè-óng

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê³ uang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòwǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòwǎng
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-wang³
  - Yale: gwò-wǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohwoang
  - Palladius: гован (govan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ wong⁵
  - Yale: gwo wóhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ wong⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ wong⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ wɔːŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-óng
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-óng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koea'orng
  - IPA (Yilan): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ ɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-óng
  - Tâi-lô: kè-óng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kea'orng
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ ɔŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guê³ uang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè uáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ uaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

過往

to come and go; to pass
to associate with; to have relations with
(Southern Min) to pass away

Synonyms

(to come and go):

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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)
往還／往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)

(to associate 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)
往還／往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
應酬／应酬
打交道 (dǎ jiāodào)
溝通／沟通 (gōutōng)
社交 (shèjiāo)
行踏 (Hokkien)
走 (zǒu)
過從／过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
酬酢 (chóuzuò) (literary)
鋪排／铺排 (Hokkien)

(to pass away):

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下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
不祿／不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
亡
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
傾世／倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
傾亡／倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
去世 (qùshì)
合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
喪亡／丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
壽終正寢／寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
失氣／失气 (shīqì) (literary)
安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
小喇叭兒吹了／小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
就義／就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
彈老三／弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
掛／挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
故 (gù)
故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
斃命／毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
歸西／归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
歸道山／归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
死人 (sǐrén)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
死翹翹／死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
死脫／死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
殞／殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
氣絕／气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
沒世／没世 (mòshì) (literary)
沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
狗帶／狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
畢命／毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
百年歸老／百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
蒙主寵召／蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
被難／被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
見背／见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
見馬克思／见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
謝世／谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
賓天／宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
辭塵／辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
逝世 (shìshì)
進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
過世／过世 (guòshì)
過去／过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
過面／过面 (Hokkien)
長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
閉眼／闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
隕落／陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
駕崩／驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
駕鶴西遊／驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
龍馭上賓／龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

Noun

過往

the past

Synonyms

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以往 (yǐwǎng)
前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
已往 (yǐwǎng)
平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
往前 (wǎngqián)
往常 (wǎngcháng)
往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
從前／从前 (cóngqián)
既往 (jìwǎng)
日前 (rìqián) (literary)
日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
早日 (zǎorì)
昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
當年／当年
疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
素日 (sùrì) (literary)
老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
舊𫢗時／旧𫢗时 (gu⁷ diang¹ si⁵) (Teochew)
舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
過去／过去 (guòqù)