过去

• 拼音: guò qù
• 汉字拆解: 过 = 辶 (walk) + 寸 (inch) — to pass; 去 = 土 (earth) + 厶 (private) — to go away

含义

To go over; the past. As a verb, means to move away from the speaker; as a noun, refers to a previous time.

Has two main uses: (1) as a directional complement meaning to move away from the speaker (opposite of 过来); (2) as a time noun meaning 'in the past.' Context determines the meaning.

例句

1. 你走过去看看吧。
2. 过去的事情不要再想了。
3. 那辆车刚过去了。

用法指南

语境: movement, time reference, narration

语气: conversational

正确说法

• 过去的事就别想了。(Don't think about what's past.)
• 他已经走过去了。(He has already walked over there.)

错误说法

• 不要把过去(时间)和过去(方向)的重音搞混 — as a time noun 过去 stresses the first syllable; as a directional verb the stress falls on 去.

起源与历史

Compound of 过 (to pass) and 去 (to go), meaning 'to pass and go away' — either physically or in time.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal