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vãng lai

Pronunciation Northern /vaʔaŋ˧˥ laːj˧˧/ Central /jaːŋ˧˩˨ laːj˧˥/ Southern /jaːŋ˨˩˦ laːj˧˧/
Listen
to come and go
Verb
to come and go

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
to come and go Core ActionsTheme

A term describing the action of moving back and forth or visiting a place occasionally.

vi Khách vãng lai thường ghé qua cửa hàng nhỏ này vào mỗi cuối tuần.

en Occasional visitors often stop by this small shop every weekend.

Parts
lai / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 往來 / 往來
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 往來

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
往來
Candidates by syllable
vãng 往 lai 來(淶 / 萊)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
vãng sanh
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Use
tương lai / lai châu / ngoại lai / thì tương lai
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