# 过去 (guòqù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 过去 (guòqù) means “the past; former”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: the past; former
- Pinyin: guòqù (guo4 qu4)
- Traditional: 過去
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3
- Other readings: guòqu — (verb suffix)

## Examples

- 他常常想起过去的事。
  Tā chángcháng xiǎngqǐ guòqù de shì.
  He often thinks of the past.

## Characters

- [过](https://hanziro.com/word/guo-have-done-before/) (guo): (particle) have done before
- [去](https://hanziro.com/word/qu-go/) (qù): to go

https://hanziro.com/word/guo-qu-past/

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