來去

來去

1. to make a round trip
2. to come and go
3. (Hakka, Min Nan) to leave; to depart
4. (Hakka, Min Nan) to go

   • 老父嘛去給第二子講像款的話。第二子應講：『阿爸，我來去』，後來無去。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     老父嘛去给第二子讲像款的话。第二子应讲：‘阿爸，我来去’，后来无去。 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     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.

5. (Hakka, Huizhou, Min Bei, Min Nan, Wu) to have contact with; to have dealings with

來去

1. (Min Nan) Placed after a verb as its directional complement, like Mandarin 去 (qu).

• “Entry #3552”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.