过去

过去 guòqù in a sentence

Past (former)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 6 sentences

过去 (guòqù) means Past (former). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

过去 这里没有地铁。

Guòqù zhèlǐ méiyǒu dìtiě.

In the past there was no subway here.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 过去

过去 的事就别想了。

Guòqù de shì jiù bié xiǎng le.

Stop thinking about what's past.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 过去

孩子哭了,妈妈 过去 看他。

Háizi kū le, māma guòqù kàn tā.

The child cried, so his mother went over to him.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

From the graded readers

一个下午就这样 过去 了。

yīgè xiàwǔ jiù zhèyàng guòqù le / liǎo / liào.

A whole afternoon had gone, just like that.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend

三个月 过去 了,我们一句话也没说过。

sān gè yuè guòqù le / liǎo / liào, wǒmen yī jù huà yě méi shuōguò.

Three months went by without a word between us.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding

我走 过去 问他:“请问,火车站怎么走?”

wǒ zǒu guòqù wèn tā:" qǐngwèn, huǒchēzhàn zěnme zǒu?"

I went over and asked, "Excuse me, how do I get to the station?"

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

Questions about 过去

How is 过去 used in a sentence?

This page shows 6 sentences using 过去 (guòqù, "Past (former)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 过去 an HSK word?

Yes — 过去 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 过去?

The dictionary page for 过去 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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