去 qù — to go; to leave; to go away; to depart

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Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #204

qù qu4

Basic definition

verb
  1. to go; to leave; to go away; to depart e.g 过去离去去路
  2. to remove; to get rid of; to eliminate; to subtract e.g 去掉除去去皮
  3. to lose; to pass away; to depart; to die e.g 失去去世逝去
adjective
  1. past; previous; last; gone by e.g 去年去冬过去
particle
  1. directional/perfective particle (after a verb) e.g 上去进去看去

Detailed explanation

verb
  1. (会意兼形声。甲骨文字形。上面是人(大)，下面是口(或作“凵”)，表示人离开洞口或坑坎而去。《说文》:“从大，凵声。”凵( qū)。本义:离开)
  2. go away;leave e.g 去离 · 去任 · 去住无门 · 去来 · 去位
  3. remove;wipe off e.g 去皮 去绝根株 · 去疾 · 去邪归正
  4. be apart from;be at a distance of e.g 两地相去50里
  5. go e.g 去处 去住无门 · 去紧 · 去学校 · 谁去都一样
  6. lose e.g 去失
  7. play the part of e.g 去主角的那位长得并不美
  8. drive
  9. throw away e.g 去势 去心
  10. die e.g 去世
  11. used after a verb or a V—O construction to indicate that an action is to take place or continue e.g 我去考虑考虑 · 明年回乡下去 · 船向前慢慢开去 · 把东西给他送去
  12. go into exile;flee from home
  13. drive out;expel
adjective
  1. of last year;past e.g 去岁 去事 · 去日
  2. cowardly;timid
preposition
  1. in;at
noun
  1. falling tone，one of the four tones in classical Chinese and the fourth tone in modern standard Chinese pronunciation

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