以往 yǐwǎng▶ Masa lalu

Stroke order

以往 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 以 — 4 strokes
• 往 — 8 strokes

Related words

• 以便agar; supaya
• 以免kalau-kalau
• 以至Agar; sampai
• 以致agar; supaya
• 向往Merindukan; mendambakan
• 往事Masa lalu

以往 is pronounced yǐwǎng and means “Masa lalu”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 以往 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.