HSK 3 Prepositions (coverbs)
往
Toward (direction) with 往
Structure 往 + direction + Verb of motion
往 (wǎng) marks the direction of a movement: 往前走 = "go forward"; 往左拐 = "turn left". It goes before the verb, with a direction or reference point (前/后/左/右/里/外…). Very handy for giving directions.
Examples
- 一直往前走。
Keep going straight ahead.
- 往左拐。
Turn left.
- 请往里走。
Please move inside.
Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.