來去

See also: ……來……去

Chinese

		to come	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (來去)		來	去
simp. (来去)		来	去

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láiqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ heoi³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lòi-hi / lôi / lê

  (Meixian, Guangdong): loi² hi⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-khì / lâi-khìr / lâi-khù / laih / lăi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lai⁵ ke³ / lai³ ke³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láiqù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láicyù
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-chʻü⁴
    • Yale: lái-chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laichiuh
    • Palladius: лайцюй (lajcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ heoi³
    • Yale: lòih heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ hɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòi-hi / lôi / lê
    • Hakka Romanization System: loi^ˇ hi / loi^ˊ / le^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: loi² hi⁴ / loi¹ / le¹
    • Sinological IPA: /loi̯¹¹ hi⁵⁵/, /loi̯²⁴/, /le²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: loi² hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /loɪ¹¹ hi⁵³/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • lê - contraction for “to leave”.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khì
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khìr
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-khìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² kʰɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khù
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-khù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qux
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰu¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: laih
    • Tâi-lô: laih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laiq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /laiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lăi
    • Tâi-lô: la̋i
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lai³⁵/

Note:

• laih - contraction for “to leave”;
• lăi - contraction for “to go”.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lai⁵ ke³ / lai³ ke³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâi khṳ̀ / lài khṳ̀
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰɯ²¹³/, /lai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰɯ²¹³/

Note:

• lai5 ke3 - "to come and go";
• lai3 ke3 - "to go".

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-chi
    • MiniDict: le^去 chi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

Verb

來去

1. to make a round trip; to come and go
2. (Hakka, Southern Min) to leave; to depart
3. (Hakka, Southern Min) to go

   • 老父嘛去給第二子講像款的話。第二子應講：『阿爸，我來去』，後來無去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     老父嘛去给第二子讲像款的话。第二子应讲：『阿爸，我来去』，后来无去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 現代台語譯本 (Today's Taiwanese Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 21:30

     Lāu-pē mā khì kā tē-jī kiáⁿ kóng siâng-khoán ê ōe. Tē-jī kiáⁿ ìn kóng: ‘A-pa, góa lâi-khì’, āu-lâi bô khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

4. (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Southern Min, Wu) to have contact with; to have dealings with

Synonyms

• (to make a round trip):

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• 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)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)

 

• (to have contact):

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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)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)
• 過從／过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
• 酬酢 (chóuzuò) (literary)
• 鋪排／铺排 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 來去分明／来去分明
• 來去匆匆／来去匆匆
• 來去自如／来去自如
• 來回來去／来回来去 (láihuíláiqù)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --lâi-khì / --lâi-khìr

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lâi-khì
    • Tâi-lô: --lâi-khì
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lâi-khìr
    • Tâi-lô: --lâi-khìr

Verb

來去

1. (Southern Min) Placed after a verb as its directional complement, like Mandarin 去 (qu).

Further reading

• “Entry #3538”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.