……來……去

See also: 來去

Chinese

				to come			to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (……來……去)		…	…	來	…	…	去
simp. (……来……去)		…	…	来	…	…	去

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ... lái... qù

(Zhuyin): ... ㄌㄞˊ ... ㄑㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ... lái... qù
  - Zhuyin: ... ㄌㄞˊ ... ㄑㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ... lái... cyù
  - Wade–Giles: ... lai²... chʻü⁴
  - Yale: ... lái-... chyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ... lai... chiuh
  - Palladius: ... лай... цюй (... laj... cjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/

Verb

……來……去

Used as a complement to denote moving back and forth over and over.
走來走去／走来走去 ― zǒu lái zǒu qù ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

思來想去／思来想去 ― sīláixiǎngqù ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 1998, “山水迢迢”, 瓊瑤 (lyrics), performed by 方琼:
  
  盼過昨宵　又盼今朝　盼來盼去魂也消 [MSC, trad.]
  盼过昨宵　又盼今朝　盼来盼去魂也消 [MSC, simp.]
  pàn guò zuóxiāo, yòu pàn jīnzhāo, pàn lái pàn qù hún yě xiāo [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1998, “我是一隻魚”, performed by 任賢齊:
  
  沒有你　像離開水的魚　快要活不下去　不能在一起　游來游去 [MSC, trad.]
  没有你　像离开水的鱼　快要活不下去　不能在一起　游来游去 [MSC, simp.]
  méiyǒu nǐ, xiàng líkāi shuǐ de yú, kuàiyào huó bù xiàqù, bù néng zài yīqǐ, yóu lái yóu qù [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)