过去

過去

guòqù

noun HSK 2 #272

Meanings

Literally 'pass go' — time that has gone by.

过去的事不要再想了。

Guòqù de shì búyào zài xiǎng le.

Don't think about things from the past anymore.

你过去帮他一下。

Nǐ guòqù bāng tā yīxià.

Go over and help him.

时间过去了很久。

Shíjiān guòqù le hěn jiǔ.

A long time has passed.

grammar

As a noun: 过去 = the past (opposite: 将来/未来). As a verb: 过去 = to go over (toward the listener or a destination).

mistakes

Don't confuse 过去 (guòqù, the past) with 过去 (guòqu, to go over) — same characters, different stress and meaning.

过 guò

去 qù