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过去

guò qù

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 過去

过去 (guò qù) means "(in the) past". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 过去 means

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

Other readings

过去 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• guò qu(verb suffix)

The characters in 过去

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last

Example sentences

• 绕过去。
  Go around it.
• 夏天过去了。
  The summer is over.
• 数年过去了。
  Several years went by.
• 走过去一点！
  Walk over a little!
• 我马上过去!
  I'll be right there.
• 危险已过去。
  The danger is over.

Words starting with 过去

• 过去时guò qù shípast tense (grammar)
• 过去式guò qu shìpast tense
• 过去分词guò qu fēn cípast participle (in European grammar)

Words containing 过去

• 昏过去hūn guo quto faint
• 说不过去shuō bu guò qùcannot be justified; inexcusable
• 说得过去shuō de guò qùacceptable; passable; justifiable
• 看不过去kàn bu guò qucannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer
• 应付过去yìng fu guò quto muddle through

Where 过去 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Seasons, Weather & Time Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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