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Level: HSK 1

▼ v

1. go; leave

他吃完饭就去了。
tā chī wán fàn jiù qùle.
He left right after finishing the meal.
朋友没打招呼就去了。
péngyǒu méi dǎzhāohū jiù qùle.
My friend left without saying goodbye.
周末去公园散心解闷。
Zhōumò qù gōngyuán sànxīn jiěmèn.
他们经常去河边网鱼。
tāmen jīngcháng qù hé biān wǎng yú.
我们去看龙桥吧。
Wǒmen qù kàn lóng qiáo ba.

▼ v

1. be apart from

两地相去四十里。
liǎng dì xiāngqù sìshí lǐ.
The two places are forty li apart.
他们的年龄去差五岁。
tāmen de niánlíng qù chà wǔ suì.
There is a five-year age gap between them.

▼ v

1. lose

他感觉失去了希望。
tā gǎnjué shīqùle xīwàng.
He felt he had lost all hope.
公司失去了重要客户。
gōngsī shīqùle zhòngyào kèhù.
The company lost an important client.

▼ v

1. remove; get rid of

我们要去除这个坏习惯。
wǒmen yào qùchú zhège huài xíguàn.
We need to get rid of this bad habit.
我想去掉脂肪。
wǒ xiǎng qùdiào zhīfáng.
I want to lose fat.
使用去漆剂清除旧油漆。
shǐ yòng qù qī jì qīng chú jiù yóu qī.
用火烋药材去除杂质。
yòng huǒ xiū yàocái qùchú zázhì
他决心去掉这个坏毛病。
tā juéxīn qùdiào zhège huài máobìng.
Anh ấy quyết tâm bỏ cái tật xấu này.

▼ v

1. go (somewhere) to do sth.

他们去市场买菜了。
tāmen qù shìchǎng mǎi càile.
They went to the market to buy vegetables.
我们周末去公园玩吧。
wǒmen zhōumò qù gōngyuán wán ba.
Let’s go to the park this weekend.

▼ v

1. go in order to; be going to (do sth. there)

我们去考虑考虑吧。
wǒmen qù kǎolǜ kǎolǜ ba.
Let’s go think it over.
他们去看电影吧。
tāmen qù kàn diànyǐng ba.
Let them go watch a movie.
我打算和朋友去看电影。
wǒ dǎsuàn hé péngyou qù kàn diànyǐng.
Tớ định đi coi phim với bạn bè.

▼ v

1. leave to do sth.

他们回家吃饭去了。
tāmen huí jiā chīfàn qùle.
They went home to have a meal.
我的妹妹听报告去了。
wǒ de mèimei tīng bàogào qùle.
My younger sister went to attend a lecture.

▼ v

1. indicate that the former is a method or attitude and the latter is a purpose

我们做作业去准备考试。
wǒmen zuò zuòyè qù zhǔnbèi kǎoshì.
We are doing homework to prepare for the exam.
他们练习中文去提高水平。
tāmen liànxí zhōngwén qù tígāo shuǐpíng.
They practice Chinese to improve their proficiency.
去哪里找产品来推介最好?
qù nǎlǐ zhǎo chǎnpǐn lái tuījiè zuì hǎo?

▼ v

1. indicate that the action is away from the speaker's location

他把文件拿去给经理。
tā bǎ wénjiàn ná qù gěi jīnglǐ.
He took the document to the manager.
我会把包裹捎去邮局。
wǒ huì bǎ bāoguǒ shāo qù yóujú.
I will take the package to the post office.

▼ v

1. play the part (role) of; act the part of

他在这部戏里去老生。
tā zài zhè bù xì lǐ qù lǎoshēng.
He played the role of an old man in this play.
她在《断桥》中去百娘子。
tā zài “duàn qiáo” zhōng qù bǎi niángzǐ.
She played Bai Niangzi in "Broken Bridge".

▼ v

1. send; cause to go

公司昨天去了邮件。
gōngsī zuótiān qùle yóujiàn.
The company sent the email yesterday.
我们去了一份报告。
wǒmen qùle yí fèn bàogào.
We submitted a report.
事情复杂了去了。
shìqing fùzále qù le.
Sự việc rất phức tạp.
这件衣服大去了。
zhè jiàn yīfu dà qù le.
Cái áo này to quá rồi.

▼ adv

1. very; extremely

这件衣服大去了。
zhè jiàn yīfu dà qùle.
This piece of clothing is way too big.
这个问题去难了。
zhège wèntí qù nánle.
This problem is way too hard.
今天的天气去热了。
jīntiān de tiānqì qù rèle.
Thời tiết hôm nay quá nóng.

▼ n

1. falling tone, one of the four tones in classical Chinese and the fourth tone in modern standard Chinese pronunciation

这个字读去声音调。
zhège zì dú qù shēngyīn diào.
This character is pronounced with the departing tone.
他说的去声不标准。
tā shuō de qù shēng bù biāozhǔn.
His departing tone pronunciation is not standard.
这个字读去声。
zhège zì dú qù shēng.

▼ adj

1. past; last

去年我们去旅行。
qùnián wǒmen qù lǚxíng.
Last year we went on a trip.
去年的工作很忙。
qùnián de gōngzuò hěn máng.
Last year’s work was very busy.

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