去 — to go; to go to; last
to go; to go to; last; just passed; to send; to remove
- Pinyin
- qù
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 去: 5 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 去 in the HSK syllabus: 19
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 去qùto go; to go to; last; just passed; to sendHSK 1
- 去年qùniánlast yearHSK 1
- 出去chūqùto go outHSK 2
- 过去guòqùpast; former; previous; to go over; to pass byHSK 2
- 回去huíqùto return; to go backHSK 2
- 进去jìnqùto go inHSK 2
- 上去shàngqùto go upHSK 2
- 下去xiàqùto go down; to descend; to go on; to continueHSK 2
- 失去shīqùto loseHSK 4
- 去世qùshìto pass away; to dieHSK 5
- 除去chúqùto eliminate; to remove; except for; apart fromHSK 7–9
- 翻来覆去fānlái-fùqùto toss and turn; again and againHSK 7–9
- 过意不去guò yì bú qùto feel very apologeticHSK 7–9
- 过不去guòbuqùto make life difficult for; to embarrassHSK 7–9
- 豁出去huōchuquto throw caution to the wind; to press one's luckHSK 7–9
- 来龙去脉láilóng-qùmàithe rise and fall of the terrainHSK 7–9
- 去除qùchúto remove; to dislodgeHSK 7–9
- 去处qùchùplace; destinationHSK 7–9
- 去向qùxiàngdirection in which sb or sth has gone; whereaboutsHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.