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    Expressing "visiting" with 拜访 (bàifǎng)

    Actions & Events
    Manner & Method

    Structure

    拜访 + Person

    Explanation

    The verb 拜访 (bàifǎng) means "to visit" or "to pay a visit to someone," carrying a respectful or formal tone. It is used when calling on someone deliberately, often for social, professional, or ceremonial purposes, and takes a person as its object.

    Examples

    • 下周我打算拜访一位老教授。

      Xià zhōu wǒ dǎsuàn bàifǎng yī wèi lǎo jiàoshòu.

      Next week I plan to visit an elderly professor.

    • 春节期间，我们去拜访了几位长辈。

      Chūnjié qījiān, wǒmen qù bàifǎng le jǐ wèi zhǎngbèi.

      During the Spring Festival, we visited several elders.

    • 客户专门从上海来拜访我们公司。

      Kèhù zhuānmén cóng Shànghǎi lái bàifǎng wǒmen gōngsī.

      The client came all the way from Shanghai specifically to visit our company.

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