过去 (guò qù): meaning and stroke order
过去 (guò qù) means (in the) past; former; previous, to go over; to pass by, (verb suffix).
过去
- Simplified
- 过去
- Traditional
- 過去
- Pinyin
- guò qù · guò qu
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Stroke order of 过去
过
- Guō surname Guo
- guò to cross; to go over
- guo (experienced action marker)
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 過
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去
- qù to go; to go to (a place)
- 5 strokes
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Meaning of 过去
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guò qù
Traditional 過去
- (in the) past; former; previous
- to go over; to pass by
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guò qu
Traditional 過去
- (verb suffix)
Radicals of the characters
- 过
- Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 7 strokes · built from 辶 and 寸
- 去
- Radical 厶 (Kangxi radical 28) · 5 strokes · 土 on top, 厶 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
过去 in our stories
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四个多小时很快就过去了。
sì gè duō xiǎoshí hěn kuài jiù guòqu le
The four-plus hours fly by.
From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3
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别的鱼都说：“太难了，我们跳不过去。”
biéde yú dōu shuō tài nán le wǒmen tiào bú guòqu
The other fish all said, "It's too hard. We can't jump over it."
From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3
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他按照行李牌上的电话打过去，一个女人着急地说：“对不起，我拿错了！”
tā ànzhào xíngli pái shàng de diànhuà dǎ guòqu yí gè nǚrén zháojí de shuō duìbuqǐ wǒ ná cuò le
He rang the number on the luggage tag, and a woman said anxiously, "I'm so sorry, I took the wrong one!"
From the story The identical suitcase HSK 4
Stories using 过去
- The train to Xi'an HSK 3
- The little carp's decision HSK 3
- The identical suitcase HSK 4
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
- The old man who lost his horse HSK 6
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).