去
go; leave; remove; past
Meanings
15 senses · 73 examplesverb
to go to; to travel to
neutralUsed to indicate movement away from the speaker's current location to another place, opposite of 来.
He has gone to school.
How long does it take to travel from Beijing to Shanghai?
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This road is very convenient for going to the city center.
I traveled to Chengdu yesterday.
He left three days ago and hasn't come back yet.
verb
to leave; to depart
neutralUsed to indicate leaving a place, job, or life.
He left the country last year.
The former dean has passed away.
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He voluntarily resigned from his position at the company.
You can decide for yourself whether to stay or leave.
He is leaving his job to go to another city for family reasons.
verb
to lose; to forfeit
neutralUsed to indicate the loss of an advantage, opportunity, or thing.
If we delay any longer, we will lose the upper hand.
He lost his leading advantage in the game.
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This company has lost many of its regular customers.
Opportunities fleeting, hard to recover once missed.
He lost this promotion opportunity due to carelessness.
verb
to remove; to eliminate
neutralUsed to indicate removing something unwanted or unnecessary.
This medicine can reduce internal heat.
You need to peel the apple when cutting it.
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Deleting these words will make the article more concise.
We need to remove impurities from the water.
He got rid of dandruff on his hair.
verb
to be distant from
formalUsed in literary and formal contexts to indicate spatial or temporal distance.
The two cities are forty li apart.
It has been fifty years since now.
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This village is about ten kilometers away from the county town.
It has been a year since we last met.
This technology still has a long way to go before commercialization.
adjective
past; last
neutralUsed to refer to the previous year, season, or time period, most commonly used for last year.
I went on vacation to the beach last summer vacation.
We went mountain climbing together last autumn.
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Last winter was very cold, this spring is much warmer.
We made great progress in the past year.
I was studying abroad at this time last year.
verb
to pass away; to die
formalA gentle, euphemistic way to refer to someone's death, used in formal and polite contexts.
He passed away before he turned forty.
My grandmother passed away last year.
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This respected old artist has passed away.
He unfortunately passed away in an accident.
We all miss our late father very much.
verb
to intend to do; to go do
neutralUsed before another verb to indicate that the speaker intends to perform the action, often used to give instructions or express personal intent.
You guys go think about this issue first.
Go figure out a way to solve this problem on your own.
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I will go talk to the client about the cooperation tomorrow.
The teacher asked us to prepare for the speech competition next week.
He asked me to go print that document.
verb
to go to do an action
neutralUsed after a verb to indicate that the subject went to perform that action, often paired with 了 to indicate completed action.
He has gone swimming.
He has gone to the academic lecture.
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I went home to eat.
Mom has gone to the supermarket to buy groceries.
All the students have gone to the playground to exercise.
verb
to use as a means to an end
formalUsed between two verb phrases to indicate that the first phrase is the method or way to perform the second phrase's action.
Carry a bucket of water to water the flowers.
We need to examine this issue from the main aspects.
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We must use dialectical materialist perspectives to observe social phenomena.
We should face difficulties with a positive attitude.
Prove your ability through practical actions.
verb
very; extremely
dialectUsed in dialectal Chinese after adjectives like 大, 多, 远 to emphasize the degree of the quality, often followed by 了.
This building is extremely big!
He has been to an extremely large number of places!
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This vacation passed extremely quickly!
Today's weather is extremely hot!
This game is extremely fun!
noun
falling-rising tone
formalA term used in traditional Chinese phonology to refer to the fourth tone in the four tones of Mandarin Chinese.
The four tones of Chinese are level, rising, falling-rising, and entering.
The tone of the character 'qu' is the falling-rising tone.
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In ancient Chinese, entering tone characters later evolved into the level, rising, and falling-rising tones.
verb
to play a role in opera
neutralUsed specifically in the context of Chinese opera to refer to performing a specific character role.
In the opera *Broken Bridge*, he plays the role of Lady White.
This young actor played the role of Zhuge Liang in the Peking Opera.
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She played the role of Lin Daiyu in the Yue Opera.
the veteran actor of this troupe played the role of Guan Yu.
He played the role of Liu Mengmei in the Kunqu Opera.
directional complement
to move away from original place
neutralUsed after a verb to indicate that the action causes someone or something to move away from the current location.
Please take this book out.
He delivered the express package to the neighbor.
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Please throw the garbage out.
He saw the guest out.
The wind blew the leaves out.
directional complement
to continue; to go on
neutralUsed after a verb to indicate that the action continues or progresses forward, often equivalent to 下去 or 上去 in meaning.
He walked out at a casual pace.
Let him continue talking.
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We will walk straight along this road.
This story can continue to develop further.
As long as we keep going, we will definitely succeed.