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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 过去时

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
过去时 guò qù shí - past tense (grammar)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 32,937 40,976 28,161

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
guō- surname Guo
guò- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
guo- (experienced action marker)
- to go
- to go to (a place)
- (of a time etc) last
- just passed
- to send
- to remove
- to get rid of
- to reduce
- to be apart from in space or time
- to die (euphemism)
- to play (a part)
- (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
- (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
- (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
shí- surname Shi
shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period

Other Words Containing 过去时

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
过去时 - - 32,937 40,976 28,161