经过/經過 jīngguò — to pass by, to go through (a place)

Meanings

1. 1

   to pass by, to go through (a place)

   Going past or through somewhere on the way to somewhere else. Unlike 过, it names the place explicitly: 经过银行, past the bank.

   verb
2. 2

   after, through (a stretch of time or effort)

   preposition

   In this second sense 经过 opens the sentence and takes a stretch of time or a process: 经过一年的学习…. It is the same idea of passing through, applied to time instead of space.

Character breakdown

• 过/過

  guò (fourth tone, falling) guo (neutral tone)

  to cross, to pass by, to go through; to spend (time); to exceed; (unstressed guo) the experiential aspect marker

  6 strokes⿺辶寸Radical 辵

Example sentences

• 我每天经过这条街道。/我每天經過這條街道。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) měi (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level) jīngguò (first tone, high and level) zhè (fourth tone, falling) tiáo (second tone, rising) jiēdào. (first tone, high and level)···

  I go along this street every day.

• 经过一年的学习，他的汉语好多了。/經過一年的學習，他的漢語好多了。Jīngguò (first tone, high and level) yì (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) xuéxí, (second tone, rising) tā (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) hǎo (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···

  After a year of study his Chinese is much better.

Similar words

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
• 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