來去

來去

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

4. (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Southern Min, Wu) to have contact with; to have dealings with

• (to make a round trip):

來去

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

• “Entry #3538”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.