How to pronounce guo qu (过去) in Chinese
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过去
guò qù
Characters & meanings
surname Guo
to go; to go to
Common mistake
Double fourth (4-4) as the noun "the past": two full falls, qù with the ü vowel. As a direction complement ("go over"), 去 drops to neutral instead.
Tone change in this word
As a verb complement, 去 goes neutral: zǒu guòqu ("walk over"); the noun "the past" keeps full guòqù.
Example sentence
过去我住在上海。
Guòqù wǒ zhù zài Shànghǎi.
In the past I lived in Shanghai.
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