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以往

yǐwǎng
HSK 3.0 · Level 5HSK 2.0 · Level 6

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

  1. in the past
  2. formerly

Stroke order

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
yǐ
(prep.) with, by means of; in order to
Words with 以
可以所以以后以前以上以外以为以下
往
wǎng
towards; to
Words with 往
往交往前往往往来往往后往来往年