过
guòguoguō HSK1

pass

过 過 guò frequency
to cross verbparticle
to cross; to pass; to go through a place or space

他们开始穿过房间。

tā​men kāi​shǐ chuān guò fáng​jiān.

They started to cross the room.

农民如何过河呢？

nóng​mín rú​hé guò hé ne?

How does the farmer cross the river?

to exceed adverbparticle
to exceed or go beyond a certain limit; to surpass; (bound form) excessive; overly

但不要把温度调得过低，以免受凉。

dàn bù​yào bǎ wēn​dù tiáo de guò dī, yǐ​miǎn shòu liáng.

Do not set the temperature too low to avoid catching a cold.

光线过少，照片会过暗。

guāng​xiàn guò shǎo, zhào​piàn huì guò àn.

Too little light and the photo will be too dark.

to spend verb
to spend or pass time; to live one's life; to celebrate a holiday or festival

她想我回家过圣诞节。

tā xiǎng wǒ huí jiā guò shèng​dàn​jié.

She wants me to come home for Christmas.

他过着非常舒适的生活。

tā guò zhe fēi​cháng shū​shì de shēng​huó.

He lived a very comfortable life.

[potential/result] particle
Used after a verb to indicate crossing a space, winning a competition, or exceeding a limit; often used with 得 de or 不 bù to show potential

如果你不睡着，你就醒不过来。

rú​guǒ nǐ bù shuì zháo, nǐ jiù xǐng bu guò lái.

You can't wake up if you don't fall asleep.

我看见他游过了河。

wǒ kàn jiàn tā yóu guò le hé.

I saw him swim across the river.

after prepositionverb
after a certain period of time

他过几分钟就回来了。

tā guò jǐ fēn​zhōng jiù huí lai le.

He'll be back in a few minutes.

过了一年，她退休了。

guò le yī nián, tā tuì​xiū le.

A year later, she retired.

to process verbnoun
to subject to a certain treatment or process, such as rinsing, weighing, or checking
too adverb
too; excessively; (placed after an adjective) more than

光线过少，照片会过暗。

guāng​xiàn guò shǎo, zhào​piàn huì guò àn.

Too little light and the photo will be too dark.

to pass away verb
to die; to pass away
error nounadjective
error; fault; mistake
to transfer
to transfer ownership; to go through a formal procedure, such as a title transfer
[measure word]
used for the number of times an action is performed, such as cycles of washing, screening, or reading
过 過 guo
[experienced] particle
Used after a verb to show that an action has happened before, or after an adjective to show that a state was previously true.

这是我听过最疯狂的事。

zhè shì wǒ tīng guo zuì fēng​kuáng de shì.

That is the craziest thing I've ever heard.

这是我见过最大的猫。

zhè shì wǒ jiàn guo zuì​dà de māo.

This is the biggest cat that I've ever seen.

过 過 guō
Guo
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
46th most common 3048.6 per million
Movie subtitles
39th most common 4233.0 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3350.2 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1129.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
過
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+8FC7

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)