HSK 6 · Verbs

过滤 guòlǜ “to filter” in Chinese

Traditional 過濾

What 过滤 means

  1. to filter
  2. filtering

How to say 过滤

    过滤 in a sentence

    1. 我从不过滤咖啡。

      Wǒ cóng bù guòlǜ kāfēi.

      I never filter my coffee.

      Sentence #4262161 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

    How 过滤 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 过 (guò) with each of its parts in a different colour
    过guòto cross
    • 寸inch · cùn
    • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

    辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 咼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    Memory aidWalking 辶 past: to pass, to cross. In the full form 過, 咼 (guō) gave the sound.

    The character 滤 (lǜ) with each of its parts in a different colour
    滤lǜto strain
    • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
    • 虑anxious · lǜSound part

    氵 hints at the meaning (water); 虑 (lǜ) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    How to write 过滤

    过 6 strokes · 滤 13 strokes

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    过滤 (guòlǜ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 过滤 (guòlǜ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 过滤

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    FAQs

    过滤 (guòlǜ) means “to filter” or “filtering”. It is an HSK 6 word.
    Say it guòlǜ: guòlǜ. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 过滤 is written 過濾. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guolu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过滤 from the suggestions. Typing guolu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    过滤 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.