Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.cross; pass
他站到一边,让我们过去。
He stood aside for us to pass.
野营部队要从咱们村过。
The troops will be passing through our village on their camping trip.
列车飞驰而过。
The train whooshed past.
- 2
v.spend (time); pass (time)
假期过得怎样?
How did you spend your holiday?
今天过得非常愉快。
It's been a very pleasant day.
她离开了一段时间,在大连过夏天。
She has been away, spending the summer in Dalian.
- 3
v.exceed; go beyond; surpass
树长得过了房。
The tree has grown taller than the house.
日产过万吨。
The output per day is over 10,000 tons.
小心别坐过了站。
Be sure you don't go past your station.
- 4
v.undergo a process; go through; go over
咱们把这篇稿子再过一遍。
Let's go over the draft once again.
您过个数。
You take a count.
把衣裳过一下水。
Run your clothes through the water.
- 5
n.fault; mistake; demerit; error
人皆有过。
Every man has his faults.
功大于过。
One's merits outweigh one's short-comings.
苟有过,人必知之。
Whenever I make a mistake, other people are sure to notice it.
antonym
- 6
v.(used after a verb plus 得) better than; deserve
要说跑,咱们谁也比不过他。
None of us can run as fast as he can.
他这个人信得过。
He is a person one can trust.
我说不过她。
I can't outargue her.
- 7
measure wordtime
米已经淘了三过了。
The rice has been washed for three times.
我又重新读了一过。
I have read it once more
衣服已经洗了三过了。
The clothes has been washed three times already.
Words and phrases with 过
- 过滤[word]filtrate
- 过错[word]mistake; the illegal act of intentionally or negligently damaging others in civil law
- 过世[word]die
- 过硬[word]entirely proficient
- 过敏[word]allergy abnormally high sensitivity to certain medicines or external irritation; too sensitive
- 过敏性[word]allergy
- 过多[word]too many
- 过冬[word]pass the winter
- 过氧化物[word]peroxide
- 过眼云烟[idiom]ephemeral
- 过关斩将[idiom]pass a barrier and behead the general
- 过目不忘[idiom]have a tenacious memory
- 过程控制[idiom]process monitoring
- 过河拆桥[idiom]burn one's bridges behind one
- 过眼烟云[idiom]like floating smoke and passing clouds
- 过犹不及[idiom]Too much is as bad as too little.
- 过从甚密[idiom]be closely associated with each other
- 过街老鼠[idiom]much-hated person
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "guō", "过" is used as a surname; when pronounced as "guo", it is used as an auxiliary word.