往還

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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)
simp. (往还)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (35) (33)
Final () (106) (70)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III II
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wǎng huán
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwangX › ‹ hwæn ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷaŋʔ/ /*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. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 12760 16230
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷaŋ/ /*ɡʷraːn/
Notes

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):
  • (to have dealings with):