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Definitions

  1. 1. to go
  2. 2. to go to (a place)
  3. 3. (of a time etc) last
  4. 4. just passed
  5. 5. to send
  6. 6. to remove
  7. 7. to get rid of
  8. 8. to reduce
  9. 9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. 10. to die (euphemism)
  11. 11. to play (a part)
  12. 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Example Sentences

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"電話在響。" "我 接。"
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 764504)

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Words Containing 去

病来如山倒,病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī

sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly

来去无踪
lái qù wú zōng

come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace

褪去
tuì qù

to take off (one's clothes)

去耦
qù ǒu

to decouple

去垢剂
qù gòu jì

detergent

去取
qù qǔ

to accept or reject

督进去
dū jìn qù

to thrust inside

好去
hǎo qù

bon voyage

去氧核糖核酸
qù yǎng hé táng hé suān

deoxyribonucleic acid

去职
qù zhí

to leave office

去氧麻黄碱
qù yǎng má huáng jiǎn

methamphetamine

一去不回
yī qù bù huí

gone forever

隐去
yǐn qù

to disappear

故去
gù qù

to die

不知去向
bù zhī qù xiàng

whereabouts unknown

逝去
shì qù

to elapse

我勒个去
wǒ lè ge qù

(slang) shoot!

去国外
qù guó wài

to go abroad

听不进去
tīng bù jìn qu

not to listen

扣去
kòu qù

to deduct (points etc)

去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng

lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers

辞去
cí qù

to resign

送去
sòng qù

to send to

省去
shěng qù

to omit

进去
jìn qù

to go in

跑来跑去
pǎo lái pǎo qù

to scamper

推来推去
tuī lái tuī qù

(idiom) to rudely push and pull others

去你的
qù nǐ de

Get along with you!

来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài

Easy come, easy go. (idiom)

听上去
tīng shàng qu

to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc)

死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái

to hover between life and death (idiom)

死去
sǐ qù

to die

略去
lüe4 qù

to omit

飞来飞去
fēi lái fēi qù

to fly about

过去时
guò qù shí

past tense (grammar)

眉来眼去
méi lái yǎn qù

(idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb

搬出去
bān chū qù

to move out (vacate)

去留
qù liú

going or staying

去其糟粕
qù qí zāo pò

to remove the dross

驾鹤西去
jià hè xī qù

lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise

转来转去
zhuàn lái zhuàn qù

to rove around

了去了
le qù le

(coll.) (after adjectives such as 多[duō], 大[dà], 遠|远[yuǎn], 高[gāo]) very

看不过去
kàn bu guò qu

cannot stand by idly and watch

我去
wǒ qù

(slang) dang!

去死
qù sǐ

go to hell!

走去
zǒu qù

to walk over (to)

失去
shī qù

to lose

呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù

to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders

去国
qù guó

to leave one's country

挥之不去
huī zhī bù qù

impossible to get rid of

多了去了
duō le qù le

(coll.) aplenty

取其精华,去其糟粕
qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò

take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)

去根
qù gēn

to cure completely

移去
yí qù

to move away

抓去
zhuā qù

to arrest and take away

去污
qù wū

to decontaminate; to clean

带去
dài qu

to take along with one

下去
xià qù

to go down

去声
qù shēng

falling tone

呼之即来,挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù

to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant

涂去
tú qù

to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc

一眼望去
yī yǎn wàng qù

as far as the eye can see

比下去
bǐ xià qù

to defeat; to be superior to

过不去
guò bu qù

to make life difficult for

回去
huí qu

to return

去除
qù chú

to remove

去世
qù shì

to pass away

来回来去
lái huí lái qù

repeatedly

翻来覆去
fān lái fù qù

to toss and turn (sleeplessly)

去向
qù xiàng

direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts

仙去
xiān qù

to become an immortal; (fig.) to die

过得去
guò dé qù

lit. can pass through (an opening)

上去
shàng qù

to go up

过去经验
guò qu jīng yàn

past experience

转去
zhuàn qù

to return

拚去
pàn qù

to reject

挤上去
jǐ shàng qu

to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc)

去掉
qù diào

to get rid of

泼出去的水
pō chū qù de shuǐ

spilt water

占去
zhàn qù

to take up (one's time etc)

颠来倒去
diān lái dǎo qù

to harp on

去取之间
qù qǔ zhī jiān

undecided between taking and leaving

去皮重
qù pí zhòng

to tare

去中心化
qù zhōng xīn huà

decentralization

哭得死去活来
kū de sǐ qù huó lái

to cry one's heart out

说得过去
shuō de guò qù

acceptable

说不过去
shuō bu guò qù

cannot be justified

去颤
qù chàn

see 除顫|除颤[chú chàn]

去得
qù de

can go

何去何从
hé qù hé cóng

what course to follow

绕来绕去
rào lái rào qù

meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere

离去
lí qù

to leave

去年底
qù nián dǐ

late last year

来无影,去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng

lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace

有去无回
yǒu qù wú huí

gone forever (idiom)

放眼望去
fàng yǎn wàng qù

as far as the eye can see

不去理
bù qù lǐ

not to pay attention to

爱得死去活来
ài de sǐ qù huó lái

to be madly in love

豁出去
huō chu qu

to throw caution to the wind

去势
qù shì

to neuter

抹去
mǒ qù

to erase

往心里去
wǎng xīn li qù

to take sth to heart

人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng

the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)

去皮
qù pí

to peel

免去职务
miǎn qù zhí wù

to relieve from office

来踪去迹
lái zōng qù jì

the traces of a person's movements

偷去
tōu qù

to steal

过去式
guò qu shì

past tense

来回来去地
lái huí lái qù de

backwards and forwards

去逝
qù shì

to pass away

去路
qù lù

the way one is following

过去
guò qu

(in the) past

去年
qù nián

last year

去程
qù chéng

outbound trip

来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn

lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

去处
qù chù

place

涤去
dí qù

to wash off

拂袖而去
fú xiù ér qù

to storm off in a huff (idiom)

挤来挤去
jǐ lái jǐ qù

to mill about

来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài

the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)

脱去
tuō qù

to throw off

消去
xiāo qù

to eliminate

一去无影踪
yī qù wú yǐng zōng

gone without a trace

看上去
kàn shang qu

it would appear

坚持下去
jiān chí xià qù

to press on

去岁
qù suì

last year

去台人员
qù tái rén yuán

those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949

减去
jiǎn qù

minus

撇去
piē qù

skim

去向不明
qù xiàng bù míng

missing

去污名化
qù wū míng huà

to destigmatize

出去
chū qù

to go out

扬长而去
yáng cháng ér qù

to swagger off

删去
shān qù

to delete

昏过去
hūn guo qu

to faint

闻上去
wén shàng qù

to smell of sth

活下去
huó xià qù

to survive

过意不去
guò yì bù qù

to feel very apologetic

一去不复返
yī qù bù fù fǎn

gone forever

除去
chú qù

to eliminate

去台
qù tái

to go to Taiwan

去火
qù huǒ

to reduce internal heat (TCM)

过去分词
guò qu fēn cí

past participle (in European grammar)

失去后劲
shī qù hòu jìn

to peter out

过去
guò qù

(in the) past

也好不到哪里去
yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù

just as bad; not much better

活不下去
huó bù xià qu

impossible to make a living

直来直去
zhí lái zhí qù

going directly (without detour)

一来二去
yī lái èr qù

gradually