# 來去
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): láiqù
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): loi$^4$ heoi$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lòi-hi / lôi / lê
    (Hailu, HRS): loi hi$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): loi$^2$ hi$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-khì / lâi-khìr / lâi-khù / laih / lăi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lai$^5$ ke$^3$ / lai$^2$ ke$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lai$^7$ ku$^3$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$le-chi$_5$ / $^2$lai-khi$_5$
** (Jinhua): $^2$lae-khou$_5$
* Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): le$^2$ qi$^{4*}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: láiqù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: láicyù
*** Wade–Giles: lai$^2$-chʻü$^4$
*** Yale: lái-chyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laichiuh
*** Palladius: лайцюй (lajcjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: loi$^4$ heoi$^3$
*** Yale: lòih heui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loi$^4$ hoey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: loi$^4$ hêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: loi$^2$ hi$^4$ / loi$^1$ / le$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /loi̯¹¹ hi⁵⁵/, /loi̯²⁴/, /le²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: loi hi$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /loi⁵⁵ hi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: loi$^2$ hi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /loɪ¹¹ hi⁵³/
* Sixian:
** lê - contraction for “to leave”.

#### Verb

來去
* to make a round trip; to come and go
* (Hakka, Southern Min) to leave; to depart
* (Hakka, Southern Min) to go
    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):
* 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.