去 meaning in English

qù

to go; to go to (a place)

HSK 1verb5 strokes

Meaning of 去

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qù

to go
to go to (a place)
(of a time etc) last
just passed
to send
to remove
to get rid of
to reduce

How to use 去

去 (qù) is the everyday verb for going somewhere, and the place comes right after it with no preposition. It also attaches to verbs to show movement away from the speaker, as in 出去 (chūqù) and 回去 (huíqù). Example: 我明天去北京。(Wǒ míngtiān qù Běijīng.) I am going to Beijing tomorrow.

Picture 去 (qù) as a person standing on the ground (土 on top) with a little bag (厶) at their feet, ready to leave. Grab your bag and go.

Common mistake: Learners often add 到 or 在 and say 我去到学校 when 我去学校 (wǒ qù xuéxiào) is enough. Also, 去年 (qùnián) means last year, not next year, which many beginners mix up because 去 means to go.

去 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ去qù不bù了liǎo，也yě不bù想xiǎng去qù。

I can't go, nor do I want to.

有yǒu时shí我wǒ去qù，有yǒu时shí不bù去qù。

Sometimes I go, sometimes I don't.

很hěn多duō时shí候hòu她tā要yào亲qīn自zì去qù。

More often than not, she had to go in person.

你nǐ有yǒu能néng力lì去qù做zuò这zhè个ge吗ma？

Were you able to do it?

如rú果guǒ你nǐ要yào你nǐ可kě以yǐ去qù。

You can go if you want to.

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去 qù · to go · 5 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 去.

出去	chūqù	to go out
回去	huíqù	to return; to go back
进去	jìnqù	to go in
去年	qùnián	last year
过去	guòqù	(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
失去	shīqù	to lose
下去	xiàqù	to go down; to descend
看上去	kàn shàngqù	it would appear; it seems (that)
上去	shàngqù	to go up
去世	qùshì	to pass away; to die
去掉	qùdiào	to get rid of; to exclude
去向	qùxiàng	direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts

Questions about 去

What does 去 mean?

去 (qù) means "to go; to go to (a place)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 去?

去 is made of 1 character: 去 (5 strokes). That is 5 strokes in total.

Is 去 an HSK word?

Yes. 去 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 去 and 走?

去 (qù) means to go to a specific place and usually takes a destination, like 去商店. 走 (zǒu) means to walk or to leave, as in 我走了 (wǒ zǒu le), I am leaving now.

How do I say I went somewhere in the past with 去?

Add 了 or 过 to show the past. 我去了上海 (wǒ qù le Shànghǎi) means I went to Shanghai, and 我去过上海 (wǒ qù guo Shànghǎi) means I have been to Shanghai before.