Chinese word dictionary

过去

guò qù · (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

Practice word

Word information

Simplified过去

Traditional過去

Pinyinguò qù

Part of speechv, t

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.03

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

过guò

pass; to go across, to pass through

去qù

to go away, to leave, to depart

How to learn 过去

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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去年qùnián

last year

出去chūqù

to go out

过来guòlái

to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

过年guònián

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

过去guòqù

(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

回去huíqù

to return; to go back