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Meaning of 过

Pinyin guò、 guo、 guō

Radical

辶

Strokes

Definition

(experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / (surname) / excessively / too-

Usage

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过 guò 【verb】 1. Go across; pass through. (从这儿到那儿，从此时到彼时) Examples: 过江 (cross the river), 过马路 (cross the street), 过账 (settle accounts). 2. Exceed; go beyond. (超出) Examples: 过于 (exceed), 过度 (excessive), 过甚 (go too far). 3. Pass by; go over. (过去(过后)) Examples: 三伏已过 (the hottest days have passed), 雨过天晴 (after the rain, the sky clears up). 4. Euphemism for dying; pass away. (去世) Examples: 过世 (pass away), 过作 (die). 5. Give; pass something to someone. (给予;递给) Examples: 过书 (send a letter), 过茶 (serve tea). 6. Cross; ferry. (渡过) Examples: 过江 (cross the river), 过渡 (transit). 7. Transfer; transition. (转移;过渡) Examples: 过户 (transfer property), 过渡期 (transition period). 8. Infect (方言). (传染) Example: 过病 (catch a disease). 9. Spend time; pass time. (度过;过活) Examples: 过日子 (spend days), 过阴天儿 (rest). 10. Visit; call on. (来访;前往拜访;探望) Examples: 过临 (visit), 过晤 (meet). 11. Associate; contact. (交往;相处) Examples: 过从 (interact), 过节 (celebrate festivals together). 12. Converse; talk with each other. (交谈) Example: 过谈 (visit and chat). 13. Error; make a mistake. (错误) Examples: 记过 (record a mistake), 过失 (slip). 14. Lose. (失去) Example: 过序 (lose order). 15. Blame; censure. (怪罪;责难) Example: 责过 (blame). 16. Adopt; marry. (继入;赘入或嫁人) Example: 过继 (adopt a son). 17. Dialect; refers to a sow giving birth. (方言。指母猪生小猪) Example: 过下来的小猪 (pigs that are born). 18. Transport; convey. (传递) Example: 过嘴 (pass words along). 19. Help swallow; eat along with. (帮助咽下;和着吃) Examples: 过酒 (pass wine). 20. Wash off; rinse. (冲刷;漂洗) Example: 过水 (rinse with water). 21. [Modal particle]. (语助) 22. Used after a verb to indicate exceeding or passing. Example: 过不去 (can't pass). 23. Used after a verb to indicate completion. Example: 吃过 (finished eating). 24. Used after a verb to indicate that an action or change has occurred, but not continued to the present. Example: 读过书 (used to read books). 过 guò 【noun】 1. Unintentional criminal acts; mistakes. (无意的犯法或作恶行为;错误) Example: 过失 (fault). 2. Dialect; reason or cause. (缘故) Example: 离家远的过 (the reason for being far from home). 3. Also pronounced as "huò," meaning disaster or adversity. (灾殃) Example: 大过 (great disaster). 过 guò 【adjective】 Excessive; too much. (过分;;过于;太甚) Example: 过头话 (exaggerated talk). 过 guò 【measure word】 1. Time; iteration. (遍;次) Example: 一过 (once). 2. See also guō. Also, the character 过 can be used as a surname. 过 Guō 【noun】 1. Name of an ancient state, located near the present-day Yexian, Shandong Province. (古国名) 2. Surname, from the descendants of the Guo state. 3. See also guò.

去过 qù guò

been

受过 shòu guò

Suffered

只不过 zhǐ bu guò

only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ...

回过 huí guò

Back

过境 guò jìng

to pass through a country's territory / transit

孰能无过 shú néng wú guò

Can't fail

过往 guò wǎng

to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous

过剩 guò shèng

surplus / excess

生产过剩 shēng chǎn guò shèng

overproduction

悔过 huǐ guò

to regret / to repent

拗不过 niù bu guò

can't persuade / unable to make (sb) change their mind / unable to resist (sb)

掠过 lüè guò

to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)

接过 jiē guò

to take (sth proffered)

过冬 guò dōng

to get through the winter

过去 guò qù

(in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by

操之过急 cāo zhī guò jí

to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient / overhasty

擦肩而过 cā jiān ér guò

brief encounter / to brush past sb

擦身而过 cā shēn ér guò

to brush past

过敏性 guò mǐn xìng

hypersensitive / allergic reaction / anaphylaxis

过敏症 guò mǐn zhèng

hypersensitivity / erethism

神经过敏 shén jīng guò mǐn

jumpy / nervous / oversensitive

过关斩将 guò guān zhǎn jiàng

to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) / abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4]

过五关斩六将 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng

lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)

过早 guò zǎo

premature / untimely

从未有过 cóng wèi yǒu guò

have no precedent

过来 guò lái

to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of

矫枉过正 jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng

to overcorrect (idiom) / to overcompensate

过氧化氢 guò yǎng huà qīng

hydrogen peroxide H2O2

过氧化物 guò yǎng huà wù

peroxide

过渡 guò dù

to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration)

过滤 guò lǜ

to filter / filter

渡过 dù guò

to cross over / to pass through

过渡性 guò dù xìng

transitional / bridging

过渡期 guò dù qī

transitional period / interim period / layoff period

过滤机 guò lǜ jī

filter separator

过滤器 guò lǜ qì

filtering apparatus / (machine) filter

漂洋过海 piào yáng guò hǎi

travel far away across the sea -- go abroad / sail across an ocean

但求无过 dàn qiú wú guò

seek only to escape blame / seek only to avoid a flaw / only praying to commit no wrong

过犹不及 guò yóu bù jí

too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)

过瘾 guò yǐn

to satisfy a craving / to get a kick out of sth / gratifying / immensely enjoyable / satisfying / fulfilling

过把瘾 guò bǎ yǐn

Addiction

看过 kàn guò

have seen / have read / have met / have watched

过程 guò chéng

course of events / process / CL:個|个[ge4]

瞒天过海 mán tiān guò hǎi

to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means

穿过 chuān guò

to pass through

过硬 guò yìng

to have perfect mastery of sth / to be up to the mark

过于 guò yú

too much / excessively

过秤 guò chèng

weigh (on the steelyard) / take the weight of

过筛 guò shāi

sieving / riddling / sifting / select / sift out

经过 jīng guò

to pass / to go through / process / course / CL:個|个[ge4]

绕过 rào guò

to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc)

过继 guò jì

to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)

罪过 zuì guo

sin / offense

翻过 fān guò

to turn over / to transform

胜过 shèng guò

to excel / to surpass

不过 bù guò

only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)

得过且过 dé guò qiě guò

satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by

莫过于 mò guò yú

nothing can surpass

过虑 guò lǜ

be overanxious / worry overmuch / worry unnecessarily

超过 chāo guò

to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip

通过 tōng guò

by means of / through / via / to pass through / to get through / to adopt / to pass (a bill or inspection etc) / to switch over

走过 zǒu guò

to walk past / to pass by

越过 yuè guò

to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above

跃过 yuè guò

jump ascross / leap over

跨过 kuà guò

to surmount / to cross over

躲过 duǒ guò

steer by / not to be caught and scolded or punished

转过 zhuǎn guò

Turn over

时过境迁 shí guò jìng qiān

things change with the passage of time (idiom)

过度 guò dù

excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue

过分 guò fèn

excessive / undue / overly

过年 guò nián

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

度过 dù guò

to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through

透过 tòu guò

to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via

逢年过节 féng nián guò jié

at the Chinese New Year or other festivities

过错 guò cuò

mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)

闪过 shǎn guò

to flash through (one's mind) / to dodge (away from pursuers)

一闪而过 yī shǎn ér guò

to flash past / to flit by

难过 nán guò

to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult

驶过 shǐ guò

put over / roll by / plough through

过江之鲫 guò jiāng zhī jì

a school of silver carps moving down a stream / a great number