to go; to go to (a place)

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 64th character
Radical ⼛ (28.3)
Strokes 5
Index # 204

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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Words containing 去

Word Meaning
gone forever
to throw caution to the wind; to go for broke
not too bad; tolerably well; fig. can get by (in life)
what course to follow; what path to take
to walk back and forth; to run around in circles
again and again; to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
to suffer terribly; to hover between life and death (idiom)
to save (time, trouble etc); to omit; to make unnecesary
cannot be justified; inexcusable
whereabouts unknown; gone missing
to walk off proudly; leave without caring
the way one is following; outlet
gone forever (idiom)
past tense (grammar)
to reduce internal heat (TCM)
the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
to die; death
straightforward (in one's manner or speech); (fig.) direct
to storm off in a huff (idiom)
to omit; to leave out; to skip over
to delete
to harp on; over and over
gradually; little by little; in the course of time
the end of last year; late last year
to leave office