# 往復
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wǎngfù
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^5$ fuk$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-ho̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngfù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngfù
*** Wade–Giles: wang$^3$-fu$^4$
*** Yale: wǎng-fù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangfuh
*** Palladius: ванфу (vanfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^5$ fuk$^6$
*** Yale: wóhng fuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^5$ fuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^5$ fug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ¹³ fʊk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-ho̍k
*** Tâi-lô: óng-ho̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ofnghok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

### Verb

往復
* to go and come back; to make a round trip; to go forwards and backwards
* to contact; to get in touch with

#### Synonyms

* (to go and come back):
* 來去 / 来去 (láiqù)
* 來回 / 来回 (láihuí)
* 來往 / 来往 (láiwǎng)
* 往來 / 往来 (wǎnglái)
* 往返 (wǎngfǎn)
* 往還 / 往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
* 過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)
* (to contact):
* 串通 (chuàntōng)
* 接觸 / 接触 (jiēchù)
* 掛鉤 / 挂钩 (guàgōu)
* 聯絡 / 联络 (liánluò)
* 聯繫 / 联系 (liánxì)
* 連繫 / 连系 (liánxì)

### Adverb

往復
* again and again; repeatedly; time and time again

#### Synonyms

* 一再 (yīzài)
* 來回 / 来回 (láihuí)
* 再三 (zàisān)
* 反覆 / 反复 (fǎnfù)
* 多次 (duōcì)
* 屢屢 / 屡屡 (lǚlǚ)
* 屢次 / 屡次 (lǚcì)
* 比比 (bǐbǐ)
* 重重 (chóngchóng)
* 頻頻 / 频频 (pínpín)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 往復(おうふく) (ōfuku)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 往 | 復 |
| おう Grade: 5 | ふく Grade: 5 |
| kan'on ||
* Alternative spelling
* 往覆

### Etymology

/waupukʉ/ → /wɔːɸuku/ → /ɔːfuku/ → /oːfuku/
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Middle Chinese 往復 (MC hjwangX bjuwk)?”

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おーふく [òófúkú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞ːɸɯ̟kɯ̟]

### Noun

往(おう)復(ふく) • (ōfuku)
* a round trip, going back and forth
    Antonym: 片道 (katamichi)
* (by extension) an exchange (of conversations, letters, etc.)
* coming and going
    Synonym: 行き帰り (yukikaeri)

#### Derived terms

* 往(おう)復(ふく)圧(あっ)縮(しゅく)機(き) (ōfuku asshukuki)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)機(き)関(かん) (ōfuku kikan)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)切(きっ)符(ぷ) (ōfuku kippu)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)乗(じょう)車(しゃ)券(けん) (ōfuku jōshaken)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)送(そう)風(ふう)機(き) (ōfuku sōfūki)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)台(だい) (ōfukudai)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)葉(は)書(がき) (ōfuku hagaki)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)貿(ぼう)易(えき) (ōfuku bōeki)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)ポンプ (ōfuku ponpu)
* 往(おう)復(ふく)レイテンシー (ōfuku reitenshī)

### Verb

往(おう)復(ふく)する • (ōfuku suru) intransitive suru (stem 往(おう)復(ふく)し (ōfuku shi), past 往(おう)復(ふく)した (ōfuku shita))
* to make a round trip, go back and forth
    仕(し)事(ごと)場(ば)と自(じ)宅(たく)を往(おう)復(ふく)するだけの生(せい)活(かつ)
       shigotoba to jitaku o ōfuku suru dake no seikatsu
       a life of simply going from home to work and back.
* (by extension) to exchange (conversations, letters, etc.)
* to come and go

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 往復し | おうふくし | ōfuku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 往復し | おうふくし | ōfuku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 往復する | おうふくする | ōfuku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 往復する | おうふくする | ōfuku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 往復すれ | おうふくすれ | ōfuku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 往復せよ¹ 往復しろ² | おうふくせよ¹ おうふくしろ² | ōfuku seyo¹ ōfuku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 往復される | おうふくされる | ōfuku sareru |
| Causative | 往復させる 往復さす | おうふくさせる おうふくさす | ōfuku saseru ōfuku sasu |
| Potential | 往復できる | おうふくできる | ōfuku dekiru |
| Volitional | 往復しよう | おうふくしよう | ōfuku shiyō |
| Negative | 往復しない | おうふくしない | ōfuku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 往復せず | おうふくせず | ōfuku sezu |
| Formal | 往復します | おうふくします | ōfuku shimasu |
| Perfective | 往復した | おうふくした | ōfuku shita |
| Conjunctive | 往復して | おうふくして | ōfuku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 往復すれば | おうふくすれば | ōfuku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN