HSK 1 · Coming & going

去

qù

to go

Stroke order of 去

去 is written with 5 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A figure steps off the ground "土" with a bent leg "厶", heading away: to go.

Parts: 土 earth (top) + 厶 (bottom)

Example sentence

明天我去北京。

I'm going to Beijing tomorrow.

Words with 去

去年last year 出去to go out 进去to go in 回去to go back 过去the past; to go over 上去to go up 下去to go down; to go on 去世to pass away 看上去to look; it seems 失去to lose

More words: Coming & going

来to come 回to return; to go back 出to go out; to exit 进to enter 来到to arrive; to come to 回到to return to 出来to come out 出去to go out 进来to come in 进去to go in 回来to come back 回去to go back 走to walk; to leave 走路to walk 跑to run 到to arrive; to reach

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