HSK 1 · Coming & going

进去

jìn qu

to go in

Stroke order of 进去

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

进 · 7 strokes 去 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

进 is walking 辶 into a well-like 井 gap; 去 sends you away from the speaker.

Parts: 进 enter + 去 go

The characters in 进去

进 jìn — to enter (7 strokes)
去 qù — to go (5 strokes)

Example sentence

门开了，我们进去吧。

The door is open, so let's go in.

Words with 进

请进please come in 进to enter 进来to come in 进行to carry out 进入to enter 走进to walk into 前进to go forward; to advance 先进advanced 进步progress; to improve 进展progress; to make progress 进一步further 改进to improve 推进to push forward

Words with 去

去年last year 去to go 出去to go out 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 去to go 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 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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