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以往 yǐwǎng

以往 yǐwǎng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 以往 yǐwǎng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǐwǎng | yi3 wang3
English translation
in the past
formerly

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Traditional form

以往 yǐwǎng

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 以往 yǐwǎng

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Explanation

Origin unclear. The right component is rén (person).

Positional decomposition

⿰? rén

Number of Strokes

4
wǎng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chì and zhǐ represent the meaning, and Wáng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Wáng

Semantic compound

chì

Positional decomposition

chì ⿱? Wáng

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 以往 yǐwǎng

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他们 tā men 那天 nà tiān 晚上 wǎnshang de 演出 yǎnchū 以往 yǐwǎng 任何 rènhé 一次 yī cì dōu hǎo .

Their performance that night was better than any before.

yòu shuì : “ 以往 yǐwǎng zhī shì jiē chū 误会 wùhuì , wàng 介意 jiè yì . ”

He added " What happened before grew out of a misunderstanding.

àn xiǎng le 门铃 mén líng ,毫不 háo bù 觉得 juéde 奇怪 qíguài de 看到赫伯特 Hè bó tè 仍然 réngrán 以往 yǐwǎng 一样 yīyàng pán .

I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was as fat as ever.

今年 jīn nián de 收成 shōu chéng 以往 yǐwǎng 一年 dōu hǎo .

This year's crop is better than any other year's.

àn le 门铃 mén líng ,看到赫伯特 Hè bó tè 以往 yǐwǎng 一样 yīyàng pán , bìng 感到 gǎn dào 吃惊 chījīng .

I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as fat as ever.

以往 yǐwǎng Decomposition

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以往 yǐwǎng Compounds

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