过過 guò, guo — to cross, to pass by, to go through; to spend (time); to exceed; (unstressed guo) the experiential aspect marker
guò (fourth tone, falling) guo (neutral tone)
2 readings — the first is the most common.
Traditional: 過
to cross, to pass by, to go through; to spend (time); to exceed; (unstressed guo) the experiential aspect marker
6 strokesRadical 辵Frequency #43
Pinyin
- guò (fourth tone, falling)most common
- guo (neutral tone)
to cross, to pass by, to go through; to spend (time); to exceed; (unstressed guo) the experiential aspect marker
Character breakdown
Ideographic description
⿺辶寸The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 辶meaning partno entry yetThe walking radical: the word is about covering ground.
- 寸shape partno entry yetA simplification shorthand for 咼 guō, the phonetic of the traditional 過.
Mnemonic
Walking 辶 with 寸 standing in for the phonetic that simplification removed. As a full verb it is to cross or to pass: 过马路, 过桥, 过生日 to celebrate a birthday. Said without stress after a verb it becomes the mark of experience — that something has happened at least once in a life: 我去过中国, I have been to China; 你吃过饺子吗?
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.
Words containing 过
- 过過guò (fourth tone, falling)ever, have done before (experience particle)
- 过去過去guòqù (fourth tone, falling)the past, formerly
- 通过通過tōng (first tone, high and level) guò (fourth tone, falling)by means of
- 经过經過jīngguò (first tone, high and level)to pass by, to go through (a place)
- 过来過來guò (fourth tone, falling) lái (second tone, rising)to come over
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 超过超過chāo (first tone, high and level) guò (fourth tone, falling)to surpass
- 过程過程guòchéng (fourth tone, falling)process, course (of an event)
- 错过錯過cuò (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to miss (train, opportunity etc)
- 只不过只不過zhǐ (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) guò (fourth tone, falling)only
- 难过難過nánguò (second tone, rising)sad, upset
- 度过度過dù (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to pass
- 过分過分guò (fourth tone, falling) fèn (fourth tone, falling)excessive
- 过度過度guò (fourth tone, falling) dù (fourth tone, falling)excessive
- 路过路過lù (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to pass by or through
- 过于過於guò (fourth tone, falling) yú (second tone, rising)too much
- 穿过穿過chuān (first tone, high and level) guò (fourth tone, falling)to pass through
- 走过走過zǒu (third tone, dipping) guò (fourth tone, falling)to walk past
- 过敏過敏guò (fourth tone, falling) mǐn (third tone, dipping)to be allergic
- 过后過後guò (fourth tone, falling) hòu (fourth tone, falling)after the event
- 透过透過tòu (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to pass through
- 放过放過fàng (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to let off
- 过错過錯guò (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)mistake
- 过节過節guò (fourth tone, falling) jié (second tone, rising)to celebrate a festival
- 过渡過渡guò (fourth tone, falling) dù (fourth tone, falling)to cross over (by ferry)
- 越过越過yuè (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to cross over
- 过头過頭guò (fourth tone, falling) tóu (second tone, rising)to overdo it
- 过不去過不去guò (fourth tone, falling) bu (neutral tone) qù (fourth tone, falling)to make life difficult for
- 过期過期guò (fourth tone, falling) qī (first tone, high and level)to be overdue
- 渡过渡過dù (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to cross over
- 过滤過濾guò (fourth tone, falling) lǜ (fourth tone, falling)to filter
- 过时過時guò (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)old-fashioned
- 过往過往guò (fourth tone, falling) wǎng (third tone, dipping)to come and go
- 过日子過日子guò (fourth tone, falling) rì (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)to live one's life
- 过失過失guò (fourth tone, falling) shī (first tone, high and level)defect
- 反过来反過來fǎn (third tone, dipping) guo (neutral tone) lái (second tone, rising)conversely
- 过瘾過癮guò (fourth tone, falling) yǐn (third tone, dipping)to satisfy a craving
- 过关過關guò (fourth tone, falling) guān (first tone, high and level)to cross a barrier
- 过早過早guò (fourth tone, falling) zǎo (third tone, dipping)premature; untimely
- 过剩過剩guò (fourth tone, falling) shèng (fourth tone, falling)to be excessive; to be more than is required
- 莫过于莫過於mò (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling) yú (second tone, rising)nothing can surpass
- 过年過年guò (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)to celebrate the Chinese New Year
- 过道過道guò (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)passageway
- 过问過問guò (fourth tone, falling) wèn (fourth tone, falling)to show an interest in
- 过境過境guò (fourth tone, falling) jìng (fourth tone, falling)to pass through a country's territory
- 过半過半guò (fourth tone, falling) bàn (fourth tone, falling)over fifty percent
- 过硬過硬guò (fourth tone, falling) yìng (fourth tone, falling)to have perfect mastery of sth
- 过意不去過意不去guò (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to feel very apologetic
Radical 辵 — other characters
- 还還hái (second tone, rising) huán (second tone, rising)(huán) to give back, to return something, to repay; (hái) still, yet; even more; also, in addition
- 进進jìn (fourth tone, falling)to enter, to go in, to come in; to advance, to make progress; to take in, to import
- 送sòng (fourth tone, falling)to see somebody off, to accompany; to deliver, to send; to give as a present