前往

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	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
trad. (前往)		前	往
simp. ^#(前往)		前	往
anagram		往前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánwǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ wong⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiân-óng / chûiⁿ-óng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ uang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánwǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánwǎng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-wang³
  - Yale: chyán-wǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanwoang
  - Palladius: цяньван (cjanʹvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ wong⁵
  - Yale: chìhn wóhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ wong⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ wong⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ wɔːŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-óng
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-óng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cien'orng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ-óng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuînn-óng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvui'orng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suĩ²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zoin⁵ uang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ uáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵²/

Verb

前往

to head for; to leave for; to proceed towards; to go towards; to travel to
隻身前往／只身前往 ― zhīshēn qiánwǎng ― to proceed alone

Synonyms

前去 (qiánqù)
前行 (qiánxíng) (literary)
赴 (fù)
趨向 / 趋向 (qūxiàng)

Adverb

前往

(literary) previously

Synonyms

上早 (Hakka)
以前 (yǐqián)
以早 (ī-cā) (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
先前 (xiānqián)
先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
前仔 (Tainan Hokkien)
原在 (Hakka)
古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
向來 / 向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
嘗 / 尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
在前 (zàiqián)
家先 (Hakka)
往擺 / 往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
往擺仔 / 往摆仔 (Hokkien)
往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
往過 / 往过 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
往過仔 / 往过仔 (Hokkien)
從前 / 从前 (cóngqián)
早先 (zǎoxiān)
早年所 (Hokkien)
早時 / 早时 (Hokkien)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
昔時 / 昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
曾
曾經 / 曾经 (céngjīng)
當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
舊擺 / 旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
舊早 / 旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
過前 / 过前 (Hainanese)