往往
Written wǎng wǎng, said wáng wǎng — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.
Meaning
- usually
- in many cases
- more often than not
Example sentence
他开会往往会迟到。
He tends to be late for meetings.
Characters in 往往
往 to go towards, doubled. Reduplication makes an adverb of tendency — as things tend to go, hence often.