过去

Character by character

• 过guò7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 過pass, pass through, go across
• 去qù5 strokesHSK 1go away, leave, depart

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 过去. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 去qùHSK 1

  to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

• 过guòHSK 1

  to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-

• 不过bù guòHSK 2

  only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)

• 通过tōng guòHSK 2

  to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via

• 过来guò láiHSK 2

  to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

• 出去chū qùHSK 1

  to go out

• 下去xià qùHSK 3

  to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw

• 经过jīng guòHSK 2

  to pass; to go through; process; course

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 失去shī qùHSK 3

  to lose

• 过程guò chéngHSK 3

  course of events; process

• 超过chāo guòHSK 2

  to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip

• 回去huí quHSK 1

  to return; to go back

• 错过cuò guòHSK 6

  to miss (train, opportunity etc)

• 进去jìn qùHSK 1

  to go in

• 上去shàng qùHSK 3

  to go up

• 只不过zhǐ bu guòHSK 5

  only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...

• 看上去kàn shang quHSK 3

  it would appear; it seems (that)

• 难过nán guòHSK 2

  to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult

• 度过dù guòHSK 4

  to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through

• 去世qù shìHSK 3

  to pass away; to die

• 过分guò fènHSK 4

  excessive; undue; overly

• 过度guò dùHSK 5

  excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue

• 路过lù guòHSK 6

  to pass by or through