(guò) - experiential aspect marker; to pass in Mandarin

guò

Traditional: 過

HSK 2

#68 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

experiential aspect marker; to pass

Word origin

A phono-semantic compound: the 辶 'movement' radical signals going or passing, and 咼 supplies the sound. The character means 'to pass, to cross', and serves as the experiential aspect marker.

Origin: phono-semantic compound
Root: 辶 (movement radical) + 咼 (phonetic)

Stroke order

过

Examples

。

I have been to Japan twice.

？

Have you ever been to China?

。

Time passes so quickly.

菜cài。

I have eaten Japanese food before.

？

Have you ever watched this film?

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Appears in 11 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 过.

不过bú guòbut, however, only, merely 过来guò láito come over, to come across 过去guò qùpast, the past; to pass by 通过tōng guòto pass through; to pass (an exam/law); by means of, through 经过jīng guòto pass, to go through; process 超过chāo guòto exceed, to surpass, to be more than 难过nán guòsad, upset, to feel unwell 错过cuò guòto miss, to let slip, to miss out on 只不过zhī bú guòmerely, only, just, no more than 过程guò chéngprocess, course, procedure 穿过chuān guòto pass through, to go across, to cross

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This word is part of lesson 2.