Definitions

(verb) to go; to go to (a place); leave
(verb) go away; leave
(verb) to remove; to get rid of; to reduce
(adjective) last; past

Etymology

Depicts opening the mouth () wide () to let a yawn leave the mouth. Original form of .

About

The character "去" derives from an early pictographic concept of departure, originally illustrating a person exiting an enclosure, though its modern form is structurally parsed as the components "土" and "厶" due to subsequent orthographic development. Its core meaning shifted from specifically denoting "to leave" or "to depart" to the more general sense of "to go", while also acquiring functional roles in grammar, such as indicating directional movement or serving as a verbal complement to denote past action.

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Example Sentences Hide

我们公园吧。

Wǒmen qù gōngyuán ba.

Let's go to the park.

明天我要上班。

Míngtiān wǒ yào qù shàngbān.

Tomorrow I have to go to work.

火车站怎么走?

Qù huǒchēzhàn zěnme zǒu?

How do I get to the train station?

了北京。

Tā qùnián qùle Běijīng.

He went to Beijing last year.

她喜欢海边散步。

Tā xǐhuān qù hǎibiān sànbù.

She likes to go for a walk by the sea.

他决定国外学习。

Tā juédìng qù guówài xuéxí.

He decided to go abroad to study.

如果你不,我会很失望。

Rúguǒ nǐ bù qù, wǒ huì hěn shīwàng.

If you don't go, I will be very disappointed.

尽管下雨,他们还是了音乐会。

Jǐnguǎn xiàyǔ, tāmen háishì qùle yīnyuèhuì.

Despite the rain, they still went to the concert.