去

qù

verb HSK 1 #31

Meanings

1 to go
2 to leave

Characters

to go; to leave

Examples

我去学校。

Wǒ qù xuéxiào.

I'm going to school.

你去哪儿？

Nǐ qù nǎr?

Where are you going?

我们去吃饭吧。

Wǒmen qù chīfàn ba.

Let's go eat.

Tips

grammar

去 implies movement away from the speaker. Compare with 来 (lái, to come), which implies movement toward the speaker.

usage

去 can be used as a complement after another verb to indicate direction away: 回去 (go back), 出去 (go out).

Stroke Order

去 qù