过 guò

HSK 4 word · traditional 過

Meanings

to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along

Characters

过 guò: to cross

Grammar: Past experiences with 过

Verb + 过 + Object

过 after a verb says someone has done something at least once, at some point in the past: "have ever...". It talks about the experience, not about when it happened. To say you have never done it, use 没 before the verb and keep 过.

Example sentences

过年了。
It's the new year.
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过奖了。
I'm flattered.
Tatoeba #926112 by shanghainese (CC BY 2.0 FR)

真过分!
So mean!
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Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).