往昔

往昔

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	past; former
simp. and trad. (往昔)		往	昔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngxī, wǎngxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ sik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): óng-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǎngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshi
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǎngxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshyi
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁵ sik¹
    • Yale: wóhng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ xig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-sek
    • Tâi-lô: óng-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofngseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/

Noun

往昔

1. (literary) in former times; in the olden days

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 往昔

以往 (yǐwǎng) 向時／向时 (xiàngshí) 向時仔／向时仔 (Min Nan) 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary) 已往 (yǐwǎng) 平昔 (píngxī) (literary) 往前 (wǎngqián) 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary) 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary) 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)

從前／从前 (cóngqián) 日前 (rìqián) (literary) 昔日 (xīrì) (literary) 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary) 當年／当年 (dāngnián) 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary) 舊底／旧底 (Cantonese, Min Nan) 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí) 過去／过去 (guòqù)