去 (qù): to go, to go to (a place), (of a time etc) last
去 (qù) is a Chinese character meaning “to go.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (structural) and 厶 (structural). It ranks #64 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to go
- to go to (a place)
- (of a time etc) last
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 去
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 过去 | guò qù | (in the) past | 2 |
| 出去verb | chū qù | to go out | 2 |
| 回去verb | huí qu | to return | 2 |
| 下去verb | xià qù | to go down | 2 |
| 进去verb | jìn qù | to go in | 2 |
| 失去verb | shī qù | to lose | 4 |
| 上去verb | shàng qù | to go up | 2 |
| 去年noun | qù nián | last year | 1 |
| 去世verb | qù shì | to pass away | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 看上去 | kàn shang qu | it would appear |
| 死去 | sǐ qù | to die |
| 离去 | lí qù | to leave |
| 去掉 | qù diào | to get rid of |
| 过不去 | guò bu qù | to make life difficult for |
| 除去 | chú qù | to eliminate |
| 逝去 | shì qù | to elapse |
| 去向 | qù xiàng | direction in which sb or sth has gone |
| 去除 | qù chú | to remove |
| 去处 | qù chù | place |
| 减去 | jiǎn qù | minus |
| 辞去 | cí qù | to resign |
| 去留 | qù liú | going or staying |
| 豁出去 | huō chu qu | to throw caution to the wind |
| 过得去 | guò dé qù | lit. can pass through (an opening) |
去 appears in 100 compound words: 39 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 去 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
to linger and bother someone constantly, while being impossible to be got rid of
origin and development; the entire process; sequence of events; ins and outs
lit. the traces of a person's movements (idiom); fig. sb's history; the ins and out of a matter
lit. the traces of a person's movements (idiom); fig. sb's history; the ins and out of a matter
Example Sentences
去年夏天，我们全家一起去海边度假，度过了愉快的时光。
Qùnián xiàtiān, wǒmen quánjiā yīqǐ qù hǎibiān dùjià, dùguò le yúkuài de shíguāng.
Last summer, our whole family went to the seaside for vacation together and had a wonderful time.
...春节假期后首个工作日必须迅速投入到工作中去
. . . chūn jié jiǎ qī hòu shǒu gè gōng zuò rì bì xū xùn sù tóu rù dào gōng zuò zhōng qù
... The first working day after the Spring Festival holiday must be quickly put into work
WBC/重炮加入WBC “捞哥”去年24轰86分夺打点王
W B C chóng pào jiā rù W B C lāo gē qù nián 2 4 hōng 8 6 fēn duó dǎ diǎn wáng
WBC/Heavy Artillery joined the WBC "Lao Ge" last year with 24 hits and 86 points to win the RBI king
...暖流丨贵安新区市场监督管理局为外卖骑手送去..
. . . nuǎn liú 丨 guì ān xīn ōu shì chǎng jiān dū guǎn lǐ jú wéi wài mài qí shǒu sòng qù . .
... Warmth 丨 Gui'an New District Market Supervision Bureau for takeaway riders to send ...
...境消费实现“丝滑”扫码,解锁人民币“走出去”..
. . . jìng xiāo fèi shí xiàn sī huá sǎo mǎ , xiè suǒ rén mín bì zǒu chū qù . .
Seamless QR code scanning for cross-border consumption unlocks the path for the renminbi to go global.
我们去滑雪怎么样？
Wǒmen qù huáxuě zěnmeyàng?
What do you say we go skiing?
你会代替我去派对吗？
Nǐ huì dàitì wǒ qù pàiduì ma?
Will you go to the party instead of me?
今晚出去吃怎么样？
Jīnwǎn chūqù chī zěnmeyàng?
How about going out to eat tonight?
你是带着相机去吗？
Nǐ shì dài zhe xiàngjī qù ma?
Are you bringing your camera?
Character Family
厶 Radical Family — Characters sharing the private radical
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