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过期

guò qī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 過期

过期 (guò qī) means "to expire, overdue". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 过期 means

1. to be overdue
2. to exceed the time limit
3. to expire (as in expiration date)

The characters in 过期

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage

Example sentences

• 我的护照过期了。
  Wǒ de hùzhào guòqī le.
  My passport has expired.

Where 过期 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms B (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guò qī correctly.
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