Chinese symbol for “dealings”
往来
wǎng lái
Traditional: 往來
dealings; contacts; to go back and forth
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dealings is 往来 (wǎng lái), defined as: dealings; contacts; to go back and forth.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dealings”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交集 | jiāo jí | (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle; common ground; points of commonality; overlap; connection |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 往来.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to |
| 往往 | wǎng wǎng | usually; in many cases |
| 以往 | yǐ wǎng | in the past; formerly |
| 交往 | jiāo wǎng | to associate (with); to have contact (with) |
| 通往 | tōng wǎng | to lead to |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 出来 (出來) | chū lái | to come out; to appear |
| 来自 (來自) | lái zì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dealings”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.