HSK 2 · Particles

往 wǎng “to go (in a direction)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 往 means

  1. to go (in a direction)
  2. to
  3. towards
  4. (of a train) bound for
  5. past
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
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How to say 往

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale往wǎng3rd tone, dipping

往 in a sentence

  1. 一直往前走。

    Yìzhí wǎng qián zǒu.

    Go straight ahead.

    Sentence #3537665 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们应该往哪个方向走？

    Wǒmen yīnggāi wǎng nǎge fāngxiàng zǒu?

    Which way should we go?

    Sentence #4844755 from Tatoeba

  3. 我应该往你的咖啡里放多少糖呢？

    Wǒ yīnggāi wǎng nǐ de kāfēi lǐ fàng duōshǎo táng ne?

    How much sugar should I put in your coffee?

    Sentence #9316628 from Tatoeba

How 往 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 往 (wǎng) drawn as one shape
往wǎngto go

往 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 往

往 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

往 (wǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 往 (wǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 往

Words with 往

往往wǎngwǎng · usually交往jiāowǎng · to associate with往返wǎngfǎn · to go back and forth往常wǎngcháng · usually (in the past)往事wǎngshì · the past以往yǐwǎng · in the past向往xiàngwǎng · to yearn for礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎnglái · courtesy calls for reciprocity一如既往yìrújìwǎng · as always

More words: Particles & Connectors

离lí · away from从cóng · from到dào · to对duì · correct一下yíxià · (after a verb) briefly着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)啊a · ah把bǎ · pretransitive particle

FAQs

往 (wǎng) means “to go (in a direction)” or “to”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it wǎng: wǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 往 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 往 from the suggestions. Typing wang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
往 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.