往者

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	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad. (往者)		往	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎngzhě

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ ze²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngzhě [Phonetic: wángzhě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngjhě
  - Wade–Giles: wang³-chê³
  - Yale: wǎng-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangjee
  - Palladius: ванчжэ (vančžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁵ ze²
  - Yale: wóhng jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ zé²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ t͡sɛː³⁵/

Noun

往者

(literary) past actions; past events
(literary) the past; past times; former times

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)
前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
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)

Derived terms

往者不可及，來者猶可待 / 往者不可及，来者犹可待 (wǎngzhě bùkějí láizhě yóu kědài dài)