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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngsi
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-hsi¹
    • Yale: wǎng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshi
    • Palladius: ванси (vansi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngsí
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-hsi²
    • Yale: wǎng-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshyi
    • Palladius: ванси (vansi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁵ sik¹
    • Yale: wóhng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-sek
    • Tâi-lô: óng-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofngseg
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

往昔

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

Synonyms

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)