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去

qù

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

去 (qù) means "to go". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 去 means

1. to go
2. to go to (a place)
3. (of a time etc) last
4. just passed
5. to send
6. to remove
7. to get rid of
8. to reduce
9. to be apart from in space or time
10. to die (euphemism)
11. to play (a part)
12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

How 去 is used in grammar

去 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Directional Complements: 来/去, 上/下/进/出/回 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, complement (趋向补语).

Example sentences

• 还回去
  Hái huíqu
  Give it back.
• 出去！
  Get out!
• 进去。
  Get in.
• 进去！
  Get in!
• 我也能去
  Wǒ yě néng qù
  I can come, too.
• 她出去了
  Tā chūqù le
  She went out.

Words starting with 去

• 去年qù niánlast year
• 去世qù shìto pass away; to die
• 去掉qù diàoto get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate
• 去处qù chùplace; destination
• 去向qù xiàngdirection in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts
• 去除qù chúto remove; to dislodge
• 去路qù lùthe way one is following; outlet
• 去留qù liúgoing or staying
• 去年底qù nián dǐlate last year; the end of last year
• 去国qù guóto leave one's country
• 去你的qù nǐ deGet along with you!
• 去信qù xìnto send a letter to; to write to
• 去皮qù píto peel; to remove the skin; to tare
• 去取qù qǔto accept or reject
• 去得qù decan go
• 去程qù chéngoutbound trip
• 去重qù chóngto remove duplicates
• 去中心化qù zhōng xīn huàdecentralization
• 去取之间qù qǔ zhī jiānundecided between taking and leaving
• 去向不明qù xiàng bù míngmissing; lost
• 去根qù gēnto cure completely
• 去离子水qù lí zǐ shuǐ(chemistry) deionized water
• 去职qù zhíto leave office
• 去回票qù huí piàoround-trip ticket (Tw)

Words containing 去

• 过去guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
• 出去chū qùto go out
• 下去xià qùto go down; to descend; to go on
• 回去huí quto return; to go back
• 进去jìn qùto go in
• 失去shī qùto lose
• 上去shàng qùto go up
• 看上去kàn shang quit would appear; it seems (that)
• 走去zǒu qùto walk over (to)
• 离去lí qùto leave; to exit
• 死去sǐ qùto die
• 除去chú qùto eliminate; to remove; except for
• 带去dài quto take along with one
• 逝去shì qùto elapse; to pass away; to die
• 过不去guò bu qùto make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through
• 抹去mǒ qùto erase
• 辞去cí qùto resign; to quit
• 翻来覆去fān lái fù qùto toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
• 挥之不去huī zhī bù qùimpossible to get rid of
• 转来转去zhuàn lái zhuàn qùto rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth
• 脱去tuō qùto throw off
• 过意不去guò yì bù qùto feel very apologetic
• 扬长而去yáng cháng ér qùto swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left…
• 何去何从hé qù hé cóngwhat course to follow; what path to take

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 域yùfield; region; area
• 塑sùto model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 墅shùvilla
• 埔bùused in place names
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 吐tùto vomit; to throw up

Characters that look like 去

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet…
• 全quánall; whole; entire
• 安ān(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health
• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 丢diūto lose; to put aside; to throw
• 舌shétongue

Sounds the same

Read qù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 趣interesting; to interest
• 觑to spy; watch for
• 阒quiet; to live alone
• 耝to plow; (ancient place name)
• 麮porridge
• 刞old variant of 耝
• 厺old variant of 去
• 覰variant of 觑

Where 去 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Everyday Actions (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 4 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.