往来

• 拼音: wǎng lái
• 汉字拆解: 往 = 彳 (step) + 主 (master); 来 = simplified from 來, depicting wheat coming to harvest

含义

To come and go; dealings; contact; intercourse. Movement back and forth, or exchanges between people/places.

Can describe physical movement (people coming and going) or abstract relationships (business dealings, social contact). In accounting, 往来 refers to current accounts or receivables/payables. Related: 来往 (similar meaning), 往来账 (current account).

例句

1. 这条街道上人来车往来，非常热闹。
2. 两家公司有长期的业务往来关系。
3. 自从搬家以后，我们跟老邻居的往来就少了。

用法指南

语境: business, social, traffic

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 我们保持往来吧。(Let's stay in touch.)
• 公司之间有业务往来。(There are business dealings between the companies.)

错误说法

• 我和他没有往来 — 说'没有来往'或'不来往'更自然

起源与历史

Compound of 往 (to go) + 来 (to come). Together describing the back-and-forth movement or exchange.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal