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
to arrest and take away
to erase
to abandon; to reject
(idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
(idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
to stride off proudly, ignoring others
impossible to get rid of
impossible to get rid of
to move out (vacate); to shift sth out
skim
to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc)
to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc)
to jostle; to mill about
to jostle; to mill about
as far as the eye can see
gone forever (idiom)
to suffer terribly; to hover between life and death (idiom)
to defeat; to be superior to
to keep on living; to survive
impossible to make a living
to eliminate
to subtract; minus
to wash off
to wash off
(fig.) sth that can not be retrieved; spilt water