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过

guò

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character Traditional 過

过 (guò) means "to pass; to cross; (past-experience particle)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 过 means

1. to cross
2. to go over
3. to pass (time)
4. to celebrate (a holiday)
5. to live
6. to get along
7. excessively
8. too-

How 过 is used in grammar

过 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.

• Experiential Aspect 过: Have Done Before (HSK 2)
• 过: experiential aspect (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, particles (动态助词); level 2, complement (趋向补语).

Other readings

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

• guo(experienced action marker)
• Guōsurname Guo

Example sentences

• 过奖了。
  Guòjiǎng le.
  I'm flattered.
• 我见过。
  I've seen it.
• 转过来。
  Turn around.
• 过年了。
  It's the new year.
• 真过分!
  So mean!
• 绕过去。
  Go around it.

Words starting with 过

• 过去guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
• 过来guò láito come over; to manage; to handle
• 过程guò chéngcourse of events; process
• 过分guò fènexcessive; undue; unduly; overly
• 过期guò qīto be overdue; to exceed the time limit; to expire (as in expiration date)
• 过敏guò mǐn(medicine) allergic; hypersensitive; (fig.) oversensitive; prone to overreact
• 过于guò yúexcessively; too
• 过度guò dùexcessive; over-; excess
• 过渡guò dùto cross over (by ferry); transition; interim
• 过瘾guò yǐnto satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying
• 过滤guò lǜto filter
• 过问guò wènto show an interest in; to get involved with
• 过失guò shīerror; fault; (law) negligence
• 过奖guò jiǎngto overpraise; to flatter
• 过后guò hòuafter the event
• 过多guò duōtoo many; excessive
• 过年guò niánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
• 过客guò kèpassing traveler; transient guest; sojourner
• 过关guò guānto cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test)
• 过日子guò rì zito live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along
• 过往guò wǎngto come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past
• 过道guò dàopassageway; corridor; aisle
• 过人guò rénto surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent
• 过时guò shíold-fashioned; out of date; to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon

Words containing 过

• 不过bù guòonly; merely; no more than
• 通过tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)…
• 经过jīng guòto pass; to go through; process
• 难过nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
• 超过chāo guòto surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
• 度过dù guòto pass; to spend (time); to survive
• 走过zǒu guòto walk past; to pass by
• 只不过zhǐ bu guòonly; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
• 穿过chuān guòto pass through
• 接过jiē guòto take (sth proffered)
• 透过tòu guòto pass through; to penetrate; by means of
• 路过lù guòto pass by or through
• 错过cuò guòto miss (train, opportunity etc)
• 放过fàng guòto let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth
• 受过shòu guòto take the blame (for sb else)
• 越过yuè guòto cross over; to transcend; to cover distance
• 闪过shǎn guòto flash through (one's mind); to dodge (away from pursuers)
• 掠过lüè guòto flit across; to sweep past; to glance (strike at an angle)
• 反过来fǎn guo láiconversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
• 渡过dù guòto cross over; to pass through
• 绕过rào guòto detour; to bypass; to circumvent
• 翻过fān guòto turn over; to transform
• 好过hǎo guòto have an easy time; (feel) well
• 飞过fēi guòto fly over; to fly past

Characters that look like 过

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

• 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 边biānside; edge; margin
• 迈màito take a step; to stride
• 廷tíngpalace courtyard
• 辽liáo(bound form) distant; faraway
• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire

Where 过 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time adverbs & temporal expressions (HSK 4), HSK 3 Characters · Set 1 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 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 guò correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.