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 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láiqù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ heoi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lòi-hi / lôi / lê

(Hailu, HRS): loi hi^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): loi² hi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lâi-khì / lâi-khìr / lâi-khù / laih / lăi

(Teochew, Peng'im): lai⁵ ke³ / lai² ke³

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lai⁷ ku³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶le-chi₅ / ²lai-khi₅
- (Jinhua): ²lae-khou₅
Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): le² qi^4*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láiqù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láicyù
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-chʻü⁴
  - Yale: lái-chyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laichiuh
  - Palladius: лайцюй (lajcjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ heoi³
  - Yale: lòih heui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ hoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ hêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ hɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòi-hi / lôi / lê
  - Hakka Romanization System: loi^ˇ hi / loi^ˊ / le^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: loi² hi⁴ / loi¹ / le¹
  - Sinological IPA: /loi̯¹¹ hi⁵⁵/, /loi̯²⁴/, /le²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: loi hi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /loi⁵⁵ hi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: loi² hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /loɪ¹¹ hi⁵³/

Note:

Sixian:
- lê - contraction for “to leave”.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khì
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khìr
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-khìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² kʰɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khù
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-khù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qux
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰu¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: laih
  - Tâi-lô: laih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laiq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /laiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lăi
  - Tâi-lô: la̋i
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lai³⁵/

Note:

laih - contraction for “to leave”;
lăi - contraction for “to go”.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: lai⁵ ke³ / lai² ke³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâi khṳ̀ / lái khṳ̀
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰɯ²¹³/, /lai⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰɯ²¹³/

Note:

lai5 ke3 - "to come and go";
lai2 ke3 - "to go".

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: lai⁷ ku³
- Sinological IPA: /lai⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶le-chi₅
  - MiniDict: le^去 chi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-qi₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ²lai-khi₅
  - MiniDict: lai^平 khi^去
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦlɛ²⁴ kʰi³³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ²lae-khou₅
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /lɛ³¹ kʰɯ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: le² qi^4*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /le̞¹³ ^(t͡ɕʰ-)d͡ʑi³⁵⁻⁵/

Verb

來去

to make a round trip; to come and go
(Hakka, Southern Min) to leave; to depart
(Hakka, Southern Min) to go
- 老父嘛去給第二子講像款的話。第二子應講：『阿爸，我來去』，後來無去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  老父嘛去给第二子讲像款的话。第二子应讲：『阿爸，我来去』，后来无去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 現代台語譯本 (Today's Taiwanese Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 21:30
  Lāu-pē mā khì kā tē-jī kiáⁿ kóng siâng-khoán ê ōe. Tē-jī kiáⁿ ìn kóng: ‘A-pa, góa lâi-khì’, āu-lâi bô khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
(Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Southern Min, Wu) to have contact with; to have dealings with

Synonyms

(to make a round trip):

來回 / 来回 (láihuí)
來往 / 来往 (láiwǎng)
往來 / 往来 (wǎnglái)
往復 / 往复 (wǎngfù)
往返 (wǎngfǎn)
往還 / 往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)

(to have contact):

上落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
交往 (jiāowǎng)
交插 (Hokkien)
交流 (jiāoliú)
交聊 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
交遊 / 交游 (jiāoyóu)
交際 / 交际 (jiāojì)
來往 / 来往 (láiwǎng)
周旋 (zhōuxuán)
往來 / 往来 (wǎnglái)
往還 / 往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
應酬 / 应酬
打交道 (dǎ jiāodào)
溝通 / 沟通 (gōutōng)
社交 (shèjiāo)
行踏 (Hokkien)
走 (zǒu)
過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)
過從 / 过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
酬酢 (chóuzuò) (literary)
鋪排 / 铺排 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

來去分明 / 来去分明
來去匆匆 / 来去匆匆
來去自如 / 来去自如
來回來去 / 来回来去 (láihuíláiqù)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --lâi-khì / --lâi-khìr

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lâi-khì
  - Tâi-lô: --lâi-khì
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lâi-khìr
  - Tâi-lô: --lâi-khìr

Verb

來去

(Southern Min) Placed after a verb as its directional complement, like Mandarin 去 (qu).

Further reading

“來去”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.