往 wǎng / wàng in a sentence
Towards (to go - past - previous); Bound for
往 (wǎng / wàng) means Towards (to go - past - previous), Bound for. Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这个火车 往 北京开。
Zhège huǒchē wǎng Běijīng kāi.
This train goes towards Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 往
往 前走，商店就在右边。
Wǎng qián zǒu, shāngdiàn jiù zài yòubian.
Walk straight ahead; the shop is on the right.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 往
一直 往 前走就到了。
Yìzhí wǎng qián zǒu jiù dào le.
Keep going straight ahead and you'll be there.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 一直
往 东走就能看见银行。
Wǎng dōng zǒu jiù néng kànjiàn yínháng.
Walk east and you'll see the bank.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 东
往 西走五百米就到了。
Wǎng xī zǒu wǔbǎi mǐ jiù dào le.
Walk five hundred metres west and you're there.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 西
这条路一直 往 西，就到黄河了。
Zhè tiáo lù yìzhí wǎng xī, jiù dào Huánghé le.
Follow this road west and you reach the Yellow River.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 黄河
From the graded readers
去年我们差点儿因为一件小事不再来 往 。
qùnián wǒmen chā / chà / chāi diǎn ér yīnwèi yíjiàn xiǎoshì bùzài láiwǎng.
Last year we nearly stopped speaking over something trivial.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
他说：“很远，你一直 往 前走，到第二个路口 往 左拐。”
tā shuō:" hěn yuǎn, nǐ yìzhí wǎng / wàng qián zǒu, dào dì'èr gè lù kǒu wǎng / wàng zuǒ guǎi."
He said, "It's a long way. Go straight on and turn left at the second junction."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
Questions about 往
How is 往 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 往 (wǎng / wàng, "Towards (to go - past - previous), Bound for"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 往 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 往 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 往 an HSK word?
Yes — 往 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 往?
The dictionary page for 往 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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