往 wǎng▶ ไปทาง, ถึง

Stroke order

往 is written in 8 strokes.

• 往

Senses

1. to go (in a direction)
2. to
3. towards
4. (of a train) bound for
5. past
6. previous

Example sentences

• 我往前面走。Wǒ wǎng qiánmiàn zǒu.I walk forward.
• 它往左边跑。Tā wǎng zuǒbiān pǎo.It runs to the left.
• 请往左边看。Qǐng wǎng zuǒbiān kàn.Please look to the left.

Related words

• 往往บ่อยๆ
• 交往เข้าร่วมกับ; เป็นพันธมิตรกับ
• 往返กลับ, คืน
• 以往อดีต
• 向往โหยหา, ปรารถนา
• 往事อดีต

往 is pronounced wǎng and means “ไปทาง, ถึง”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 往 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.