來來去去

Chinese

		to come	to come	to go; to leave; to remove	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (來來去去)		來	來	去	去
simp. (来来去去)		来	来	去	去
AABB-type reduplication of 來去／来去 (láiqù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láiláiqùqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ loi⁴ heoi³ heoi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lòi-lòi-hi-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-lâi-khì-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láiláiqùqù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láiláicyùcyù
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-lai²-chʻü⁴-chʻü⁴
    • Yale: lái-lái-chyù-chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lailaichiuhchiuh
    • Palladius: лайлайцюйцюй (lajlajcjujcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ loi⁴ heoi³ heoi³
    • Yale: lòih lòih heui heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ loi⁴ hoey³ hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ loi⁴ hêu³ hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹ hɵy̯³³ hɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòi-lòi-hi-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: loi^ˇ loi^ˇ hi hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: loi² loi² hi⁴ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /loi̯¹¹ loi̯¹¹ hi⁵⁵ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-lâi-khì-khì
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-lâi-khì-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lailai'qie'qix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² lai¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ lai²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/

Verb

來來去去

1. to come and go; to make round trips frequently

Synonyms

• 進進出出／进进出出 (jìnjìnchūchū), (Cantonese) 出出入入

Adverb

來來去去

1. (Cantonese) back and forth; over and over

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 嚟嚟去去