HSK 5 · Verbs

过期 guòqī “to be overdue” in Chinese

Traditional 過期

What 过期 means

  1. to be overdue
  2. to exceed the time limit
  3. to expire (as in expiration date)

How to say 过期

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale期qī1st tone, high and level

过期 in a sentence

  1. 如果签证过期，你就必须离开中国。

    Rúguǒ qiānzhèng guòqī, nǐ jiù bìxū líkāi Zhōngguó.

    If your visa expires, you must leave China.

    Sentence #1477285 from Tatoeba

  2. 我的身份证过期了，我该怎么办？

    Wǒ de shēnfènzhèng guòqī le, wǒ gāi zěnmebàn?

    My ID card has expired. What should I do?

    Sentence #5611658 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你的驾驶执照已经过期了。

    Nǐ de jiàshǐ zhízhào yǐjīng guòqī le.

    Your driver’s licence has expired.

    Sentence #845994 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 过期 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.

The character 期 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
期qīperiod
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 月moon · yuèMeaning part

月 hints at the meaning (moon); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with qī.

How to write 过期

过 6 strokes · 期 12 strokes

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

Words related to 过期

Words with 过

过guò · to pass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

Words with 期

星期xīngqī · week星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday假期jiàqī · holiday学期xuéqī · term期间qījiān · period of time日期rìqī · date时期shíqī · period期待qīdài · to look forward to定期dìngqī · regular

More words: Common Verbs

固定gùdìng · to fix拐弯guǎiwān · to go round a curve关闭guānbì · to close滚gǔn · to boil缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief恢复huīfù · to recover挥huī · to wave及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test

FAQs

过期 (guòqī) means “to be overdue” or “to exceed the time limit”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guòqī: guò with a 4th tone, then qī with a 1st 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, 过期 is written 過期. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guoqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过期 from the suggestions. Typing guoqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过期 is an HSK 5 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.