HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Places

进去 jìnqù “to go in” in Chinese

Traditional 進去

What 进去 means

  1. to go in

How to say 进去

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale去qù4th tone, falling

进去 in a sentence

  1. 我看见她进去了。

    Wǒ kànjiàn tā jìnqù le.

    I saw her go inside.

    Sentence #13914730 from Tatoeba

  2. 让我进去。

    Ràng wǒ jìnqù.

    Let me in.

    Sentence #333350 from Tatoeba

  3. 现在你可以进去了。

    Xiànzài nǐ kěyǐ jìnqù le.

    You may go in now.

    Sentence #1231022 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 进去 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 进 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
进jìnto go forward
  • 井well · jǐngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 井 (jǐng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

The character 去 (qù) with each of its parts in a different colour
去qùto go
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidPicture someone leaving the ground 土 behind with a bag 厶: to go.

How to write 进去

进 7 strokes · 去 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 进去

Words with 进

进jìn · to enter进来jìnlái · to come in进行jìnxíng · to advance进入jìnrù · to enter促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)改进gǎijìn · to improve进步jìnbù · progress进口jìnkǒu · to import进攻jìngōng · to attack上进shàngjìn · eager to improve

Words with 去

去qù · to go去年qùnián · last year出去chūqù · to go out回去huíqu · to return上去shàngqù · to go up下去xiàqù · to go down过去guòqù · in the past去世qùshì · to pass away失去shīqù · to lose

More words: Places & Getting Around

过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return回去huíqu · to return进来jìnlái · to come in里面lǐmiàn · inside路上lùshang · on the road商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall上来shànglái · to come up

FAQs

进去 (jìnqù) means “to go in”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it jìnqù: jìn with a 4th tone, then qù with a 4th tone. 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, 进去 is written 進去. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 进去 from the suggestions. Typing jinqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
进去 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older 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.