wǎng

to go (in a direction)

to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous; old variant of 往[wang3]

walking (彳) + king sound (王) = going toward

彳 is the 'walking' radical, anchoring the sense of movement and travel. 王 here contributes the sound wǎng, not a king's meaning.

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这列火车北京方向开。

zhè liè huǒ chē wǎng běi jīng fāng xiàng kāi。

This train runs in the direction of Beijing.

左走,就能看到那家店。

nǐ wǎng zuǒ zǒu,jiù néng kàn dào nà jiā diàn。

If you go towards the left, you will be able to see that shop.

Words with 往

通往

tōng wǎng

to lead to

过往

guò wǎng

to come and go

鉴往知来

jiàn wǎng zhī lái

to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come

开往

kāi wǎng

(of a bus, train etc) to leave for

驶往

shǐ wǎng

(of a vehicle, boat etc) to travel to; to head for

一反往常

yī fǎn wǎng cháng

(idiom) contrary to what usually happens

一如往常

yī rú wǎng cháng

as usual

一如既往

yī rú jì wǎng

(idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always

一往情深

yī wǎng qíng shēn

deeply attached

一往无前

yī wǎng wú qián

to advance courageously (idiom)

一往直前

yī wǎng zhí qián

see 一往無前|一往无前[yi1 wang3 wu2 qian2]

不咎既往

bù jiù jì wǎng

not censure sb for his past misdeeds

More characters with 彳