過

See also: 过

Translingual

Stroke order

shinjitai	過
simplified	过
traditional	過

Alternative forms

Note that the box in the upper part of 咼 differs between traditional Chinese and Japanese – in traditional Chinese it is on the left, while in Japanese it is on the right.

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辵 + phonetic 咼

Han character

過 (radical 162 辵+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜月月口 (YBBR), four-corner 3730₂, composition ⿺辶咼)

1. pass, pass through, go across

References

• KangXi: page 1261, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39002
• Dae Jaweon: page 1753, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3849, character 8
• Unihan data for U+904E

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Hanzi

過 (simplified 过, Jyutping gwo3, Yale gwo3)

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1. Grammatical particle used to emphasise an experienced action which has been completed and whose result no longer applies to the present situation. Similar to the English ever, e.g. have you ever been to Hong Kong?.

   你有冇去過香港啊？

   nei5 jau5-mou5 heoi3-gwo3 hoeng1-gong2 aa3

   Have you ever been to Hong Kong?

   你見過我個女朋友未呀？

   nei5 gin3-gwo3 ngo5 go3 neoi5-pang4-jau5 mei6 aa3

   Have you seen my girlfriend yet?

2. Grammatical function marker used for comparison. Translates into the English word than.

   你高過我。

   nei5 gou1 gwo3 ngo5

   You are taller than me.

   佢梗係叻過我啦。

   keoi5 gang2-hai6 lek1 gwo3 ngo5 laa3

   He/she is definitely smarter than me.

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Kanji

過

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: か (ka)
• Kun: すぎる (sugiru), あやまつ (ayamatsu), とが (toga), すごす (sugosu)

Derived terms

• 過ぎる (すぎる, sugiru)

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Hanja

過 (gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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Hanzi

過 (simplified 过, Pinyin guò (guo4), Wade-Giles kuo⁴)

Particle

過 (traditional, Pinyin guò, simplified 过)

1. Verbal suffix of past experience

   你去過中國吗？ [MSC, trad.]

   你去过中国吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ qù guò zhōngguó ma? [Pinyin]

   Have you been to China?

Usage notes

The past experience particle 過 is negated with 沒. 沒 is placed before the verb.

我沒去過中國。 [MSC, trad.]

我没去过中国。 [MSC, simp.]

Wǒ méi qù guò zhōngguó [Pinyin]

I have never been to China.

Verb

過 (traditional, Pinyin guò, simplified 过)

1. To cross, to pass

   坐這艘船過河很安全 / 坐这艘船过河很安全  ―  zuò zhè sōu chuán guò hé hěn ānquán   ―  It is safe to cross the river in this boat.

   請您趕快過安檢,現在已經登機了 / 请您赶快过安检,现在已经登机了  ―  qǐng nín gǎnkuài guò ānjiǎn, xiànzài yǐjīng dēngjī le   ―  Please hurry up to pass the security check, it's already boarding time.

2. To go over, to look at carefully

   我們把這篇稿子再過一遍 / 我们把这篇稿子再过一遍  ―  wǒmen bǎ zhè piān gǎozǐ zài guò yībiàn   ―  Let's go over the draft once again.

3. to pass by, to pass

   過了百貨公司便向右拐 / 过了百货公司便向右拐  ―  guòle bǎihuògōngsī biàn xiàngyòu guǎi   ―  Turn to the right after passing the department store.

   時間過得很快 / 时间过得很快  ―  shíjiān guòdé hěn kuài  ―  time flies quickly

   過了許多年我們才偶然相逢。 [MSC, trad.]

   过了许多年我们才偶然相逢。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guò le xǔduō nián wǒmen cái ǒurán xiàngféng. [Pinyin]

   Many years were to pass before we crossed our paths again.

4. To live

   貧困迫使她過艱苦的生活 / 贫困迫使她过艰苦的生活  ―  pínkùn pòshǐ tā guò jiānkǔ de shēnghuó   ―  Poverty obliged her to live a hard life.

Adverb

過 (traditional, Pinyin guò, simplified 过)

1. too, excessively

   他們抱怨工資過低 / 他们抱怨工资过低  ―  tāmen bàoyuàn gōngzī guò dī   ―  They complained that the wages were too low.

Proper noun

過 (simplified, Pinyin guò)

1. A surname​.

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Han character

過 (quá, goá, quớ, qua, quở)

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