去 qù

1. qù verb to go
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 往 (Guoyu '去' v 1; Unihan '去'; XHZD '去' 1)
2. qù verb to remove; to wipe off; to eliminate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 君子去仁，惡乎成名？ 'If a superior man [junzi] abandon virtue, how can he fulfill the requirements of that name?' (Lunyu 4:5, trans. by Legge 1861; Guoyu '去' v 6; XHZD '去' 4)
3. qù verb to be distant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 距离 (Guoyu '去' v 4; XHZD '去' 2)
4. qù verb to leave
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 离开 (Guoyu '去' v 2)
5. qù verb to play a part
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '去' 5)
6. qù verb to abandon; to give up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放弃 (Guoyu '去' v 7)
7. qù verb to die
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 死亡 (Guoyu '去' v 3)
8. qù adjective previous; past
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: In the sense of 过去 (Guoyu '去' adj; XHZD '去' 3)
9. qù verb to send out; to issue; to drive away
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 发出 (Guoyu '去' v 5)
10. qù particle expresses a tendency
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Used after a verb as a complement of direction or expressing a tendency or continuity (Guoyu '去' particle; XHZD '去' 6)
11. qù noun falling tone
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学
    Notes: In the sense of 去声 (Guoyu '去' n 1; XHZD '去' 8)
12. qù verb to lose
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 失掉 (Guoyu '去' v 8)
13. qù proper noun Qu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '去' n 2)

Contained in

• 去国外(去國外) to go abroad
• 了去了 very; extremely
• 减去(減去) reduce; to diminish
• 去皮重 to tare
• 过去时(過去時) past tense
• 来踪去迹(來蹤去跡) the traces of a person's movements; somebody's history; the ins and out of a matter
• 万般带不去(萬般帶不去) nothing can be brought away
• 脱去(脫去) to throw off
• 隐去(隱去) to disappear; to hide
• 去岁(去歲) last year
• 撇去 skim
• 呼来喝去(呼來喝去) to call to come and shout to go; to yell orders; always bossing people around
• 归去来兮(歸去來兮) come back immediately
• 番来覆去(番來覆去) to toss and turn; be restless; not able to sleep
• 去除 to remove; dislodge; to eliminate
• 辞去(辭去) to resign; to quit
• 剪去 to cut off
• 去死 go to hell!; drop dead!
• 仙去 to become an immortal; to die
• 彻去(徹去) to take off
• 也好不到哪里去(也好不到哪裡去) just as bad; not much better
• 去得 can go
• 转去(轉去) to return; to go back
• 去光水 nail polish remover
• 现在是过去钥匙(現在是過去鑰匙) Today is the key to the past.
• 过去分词(過去分詞) past participle; perfect participle
• 听不进去(聽不進去) not to listen; to be deaf to
• 看不过去(看不過去) cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer
• 去势(去勢) to neuter; neutered
• 跑来跑去(跑來跑去) to scamper; to run around
• 下去 to descend; to go down ; to continue ; descending; declining
• 相去日已远(相去日已遠) since we parted the time is already long
• 抹去 to erase
• 省去 to omit
• 去年底 late last year; the end of last year
• 过去被动分词(過去被動分詞) past passive participle
• 除去 to eliminate; to remove ; except for; apart from
• 爱得死去活来(愛得死去活來) to be madly in love
• 去其糟粕 to remove the dross; to discard the dregs
• 不去理 not to pay attention to; to leave as is; to ignore
• 去处(去處) whereabouts; where someone has gone ; place
• 去根 to cure completely
• 搬出去 to move out (vacate); to shift out
• 扬长而去(揚長而去) to swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
• 一来二去(一來二去) gradually; little by little; in the course of time
• 说不过去(說不過去) cannot be justified; inexcusable
• 直说法过去(直說法過去) imperfect tense

Also contained in

归去来辞 、 去台人员 、 霍去病 、 周去非

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 237
• 卷九十七　列傳第八十五:　西域 Volume 97 Biographies 85: Western Region History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 113
• 卷18　志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 109
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 105
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 89
• 卷102 西域 Volume 102: Western Regions Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 84
• 卷三十八 志第二十八 州郡四 Volume 38 Treatises 28: Administrative Districts 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 84
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 81
• 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 79
• 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 78

Collocations

• 去疾 (去疾) 以賢則去疾不足 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 11
• 欲去 (欲去) 欲去三桓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 10
• 务去 (務去) 君人者將禍是務去 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 谋去 (謀去) 晉人謀去故絳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 去女 (去女) 逝將去女 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧碩鼠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shou Shu — count: 3
• 不能去 (不能去) 堯不能去 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 子去 (子去) 武子去所曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 去季 (去季) 欲去季孟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
• 遂去 (遂去) 遂去之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 去乐 (去樂) 去樂卒事 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2