HSK 2 · Common Verbs

过 guò “to pass” in Chinese

Traditional 過

What 过 means

  1. to pass
  2. to cross
  3. go over
  4. to pass (time)
  5. to celebrate (a holiday)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to live
  • to get along

Also read guo: “particle for past experience”

See the page for 过 guo

How to say 过

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th tone, falling

过 in a sentence

  1. 你的周末是怎么过的？

    Nǐ de zhōumò shì zěnme guò de?

    How did you spend your weekend?

    Sentence #472764 from Tatoeba

  2. 能让我过去吗？

    Néng ràng wǒ guòqu ma?

    Can I get past?

    Sentence #1409137 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 过马路时请小心。

    Guò mǎlù shí qǐng xiǎoxīn.

    Please be careful when you cross the road.

    Sentence #5670773 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 过 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 guò.

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

How to write 过

过 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 过

Words with 过

过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year过来guòlái · to come over难过nánguò · be grieved过去guòqù · in the past经过jīngguò · to pass过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival超过chāoguò · to surpass通过tōngguò · to pass through过程guòchéng · course of events不过búguò · but

More words: Common Verbs

爱ài · to love坐zuò · to sit打篮球dǎlánqiú · to play basketball懂dǒng · to understand卖mài · to sell跑步pǎobù · to run起床qǐchuáng · to get up上班shàngbān · to go to work

FAQs

过 (guò) means “to pass” or “to cross”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it guò: guò 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, 过 is written 過. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过 from the suggestions. Typing guo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
Yes. Read guo, 过 means “particle for past experience”. That reading has its own page. Read guò, it means “to pass”.
过 is an HSK 2 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.