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往返 (wǎng fǎn): to go back and forth

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 5verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to go back and forth
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 5

Full definitions

to go back and forth
to go to and fro
to do a round trip

Chinese explanation

指来回、往复地行走或移动，从一处到另一处再返回原处。常用来描述车辆、行人或物品在两个地点之间来回行动
也可表示来回一次的路程，如往返票、往返需要两小时。

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Character breakdown

HSK 2

to go (in a direction)

HSK 4

to return; to go back

Example sentences

He commutes back and forth between home and the office every day, and the trip takes two hours.

A round-trip ticket to Beijing is only two hundred yuan more than a one-way, so I bought a round-trip ticket.

The courier has to make several trips back and forth to the neighborhood each day to deliver all the packages.

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