00046 Chinese character of 過 and pronounce gwo3

The Chinese character【過】that we will talk about today is a word that describes action or time. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Pass or surpass. Explanation: (1) Experience of time and space. For example: “Celebrating the New Year” and “Crossing the River”. (2) To exceed or transcend. For example: “excessive”, “overdue”, “more than half”. (3)Error. Such as: “fault”, “knowing one’s mistakes and being able to correct them”. (4) Indicates that an action has occurred or been completed. Such as: “have seen”, “have walked by”, “have eaten”. (5) Types of punishment. Such as: “major offense”, “minor offense”. (6) To endure and receive. Such as: “sad”, “feeling bad”. (7) Too much. Such as: “excessive”, “overpraise”. (8) Transfer. For example: “transfer of ownership”.

You’ll find the pronunciation for this Chinese character here.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【過】:guò

Cantonese Jyutping of 【過】:gwo3

Here’s an overview of the essential details about the character 【過】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【過】, for example:Describing an action or time , It means primarily to go through or go beyond .The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.

【過】is an individual word that merges with others to generate specific phrases, for example【過去、超過】(Mandarin Pinyin:guò qù 、chāo guò/ Cantonese Jyutping:gwo3 heoi3 、ciu1 gwo3)

This character is written with 12 strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Below, you’ll find a sentence connected to this character.:


他經過公園時停下欣賞花朵。

As he passed the park he stopped to admire the flowers.


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