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前往

qián wǎng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

前往 (qián wǎng) means "to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 前往 means

1. to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to

The characters in 前往

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards

Example sentences

• 我不想独自前往。
  I don't want to go alone.
• 我在前往会议的路上。
  Wǒ zàiqián wǎng huìyì de lùshang.
  I'm on my way to the meeting right now.
• 他在1970年前往伦敦。
  He went to London in 1970.
• 过马路前往左往右都看看。
  Look both ways before you cross the road.
• 他登上了前往洛杉矶的飞机。
  Tā dēngshàng le qiánwǎng Luòshānjī de fēijī.
  He boarded a plane bound for Los Angeles.
• 他将于六月离开东京前往关西。
  Tā jiāng yú Liùyuè líkāi Dōngjīng qiánwǎng Guānxī.
  He will leave Tokyo to go to Kansai in June.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qián wǎng correctly.
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