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
lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
to take off (one's clothes)
cannot be justified; inexcusable
acceptable; passable; justifiable
acceptable; passable; justifiable
to walk over (to)
go your own way; ignore what others say
follow your own path; ignore what others say
to scamper; to run around
to scamper; to run around
to walk back and forth; to run around in circles
to return; to go back
to return; to go back
to resign; to quit
to send to; to deliver to
to go in
to make life difficult for; to embarrass
(in the) past; previous; former
(verb suffix)
past participle (in European grammar)
past participle (in European grammar)
past tense
past tense
past tense (grammar)
past experience