# 以往 (yǐwǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 以往 (yǐwǎng) means “in the past; formerly”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: in the past; formerly
- Pinyin: yǐwǎng (yi3 wang3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 今年的冬天比以往冷得多。
  Jīnnián de dōngtiān bǐ yǐwǎng lěng dé duō.
  This year's winter is much colder than in the past.

## Characters

- [以](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-with-by-means/) (yǐ): (prep.) with, by means of; in order to
- [往](https://hanziro.com/word/wang-towards/) (wǎng): towards; to

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-wang-in-past/

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