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以往

yǐ wǎng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

以往 (yǐ wǎng) means "in the past". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 以往 means

1. in the past; formerly

The characters in 以往

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards

Example sentences

• 今年下的雪比以往少。
  Jīnnián xià de xuě bǐ yǐwǎng shǎo.
  We have less snow than usual.
• 今年将会不同以往吗？
  Jīnnián jiāng huì bùtóng yǐwǎng ma?
  Will this year be different?
• 她似乎比以往任何时候都漂亮。
  Tā sìhū bǐ yǐwǎng rènhé shíhou dōu piàoliang.
  She looked more beautiful than ever.

Sounds the same

Read yǐ wǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 已往the past

Where 以往 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǐ wǎng correctly.
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