一來二去

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to come	two	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (一來二去)		一	來	二	去
simp. (一来二去)		一	来	二	去

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīlái'èrqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄞˊ ㄦˋ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ loi⁴ ji⁶ heoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīlái'èrqù [Phonetic: yìlái'èrqù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄞˊ ㄦˋ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yilái-èrcyù
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-lai²-êrh⁴-chʻü⁴
    • Yale: yī-lái-èr-chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ilaiellchiuh
    • Palladius: илайэрцюй (ilajɛrcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ loi⁴ ji⁶ heoi³
    • Yale: yāt lòih yih heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ loi⁴ ji⁶ hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ loi⁴ yi⁶ hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ jiː²² hɵy̯³³/

Idiom

一來二去

1. in the course of contacts; gradually; little by little

   他們常在地裡一塊兒幹活，一來二去地也就熟了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们常在地里一块儿干活，一来二去地也就熟了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen cháng zài dì li yīkuàir gànhuó, yīlái'èrqù de yě jiù shú le. [Pinyin]

   As they often work together in the fields, they have got to know each other quite well.