Meaning
to go; to leave; to remove
Chinese: 离开或到别处。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qu” becomes a different word in each tone. 去 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 出去chū qùto go out
- 去年qù niánlast year
- 回去huí quto return; to go back
- 进去jìn qùto go in
- 过去guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over
Example Sentence
周末我想去海边。Zhōu mò wǒ xiǎng qù hǎi biān.I want to go to the seaside this weekend.
周末Zhōu mòweekend我wǒI想xiǎngto think (about)去qùto go海边hǎi biāncoast。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Early forms show a person leaving a doorway or pit: to depart — ‘to go, to leave, to remove, past’.
A way to remember it
Stepping away from where you were — to go.
Easy to confuse with
- 云‘Cloud’: a similar lower curl, but topped by two short strokes, not 土.