过去 guòqù▶ Tiempos pasados

Stroke order

过去 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 过 — 6 strokes
• 去 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. (in the) past; former; previous
2. to go over; to pass by

Example sentences

• 过去的事情别再想了。Guòqù de shìqing bié zài xiǎng le.Stop thinking about things that are past.
• 过去我在这里工作。Guòqù wǒ zài zhèlǐ gōngzuò.I used to work here.

Related words

• 经过Después; a través de
• 难过triste
• 过（动词）pasar
• 不过Sin embargo
• 去年año pasado
• 超过Exceder

过去 is pronounced guòqù and means “Tiempos pasados”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 过去 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.