去 qù go
How to remember 去: 土 earth + 厶 cocoon = go. The girl digs in the garden earth, finds a cocoon just as it splits, and whispers to the moth "Off you go."
Component breakdown
去 = 土 earth + 厶 cocoon
- 土 earth
- 厶 cocoon
The girl digs in the garden earth, finds a cocoon just as it splits, and whispers to the moth "Off you go."
How it came to be
A person stepping away from the doorway of a pit house: the figure above and the door below. The earth over cocoon of the modern shape is what those wore down into.
How it is used
- Motion AWAY from the speaker - 去学校 (qù xuéxiào) go to school, 出去 (chūqù) go out. The mirror of 来 (lái, come).
- As a directional complement after a verb it shows movement away: 拿去 (ná qù) take (it) away, 回去 (huíqù) go back.
- 去年 (qùnián) means last year; 过去 (guòqù) the past.
Characters built with 去
Words with 去
- 去年qùniánlast yearHSK 1
- 过去guòqùin the pastHSK 2
- 上去shàngqùto go upHSK 2
- 下去xiàqùto go downHSK 2
- 出去chūqùto go outHSK 2
- 回去huíqùto returnHSK 2
- 进去jìnqùto go inHSK 2
- 过去guòqù(in the) pastHSK 3
- 失去shīqùto loseHSK 4
- 去世qùshìto pass awayHSK 5
- 去向qùxiàngdirection in which somebody or something has goneHSK 7
- 去处qùchùplaceHSK 7
- 去除qùchúto removeHSK 7
- 过不去guòbuqùto make life difficult forHSK 7
- 过意不去guòyìbúqùto feel very apologeticHSK 7
- 除去chúqùto eliminateHSK 7
- 来龙去脉láilóng-qùmàiliterally the rise and fall of the terrainHSK 9
- 翻来覆去fānlái-fùqùto toss and turn (sleeplessly)HSK 9
- 豁出去huōchuquto throw caution to the windHSK 9
Example sentences
- 我去看电影了。 Wǒ qù kàn diànyǐng le.I went to see a movie.
- 我和妈妈去超市。 Wǒ hé māma qù chāoshì.My mom and I are going to the supermarket.
- 他离开家去学校。 Tā líkāi jiā qù xuéxiào.He left home and went to school.
- 我去一下洗手间。 Wǒ qù yíxià xǐshǒujiān.I'm going to the washroom.