往往

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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
 
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
 
simp. and trad.
(往往)
alternative forms 永永 (éng-éng) Min Nan

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (106)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter hjwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuaŋX/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuaŋX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwaŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/iwaŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wǎng
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwangX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷaŋʔ/
English go to

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
No. 12760
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷaŋ/
Notes

Adverb

往往

  1. often
    往往如此  ―  wǎngwǎng rúcǐ  ―  to be often the case
  2. (Classical) everywhere

Synonyms

  • (often):
  • (everywhere):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (往往):
  • Japanese: 往往(おうおう) (ōō)
  • Korean: 왕왕(往往) (wang'wang)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 5
おう
Grade: 5
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 往往 – see the following entry.
往々おうおう
often
(This term, 往往, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)