4. 过 guò · HSK 3
v. 动词 dòngcí ▸ to move from one place to another; to pass by, to pass through, or to go by a place
- guò jiē
过街
to go-across (the) street
- guò hé
过河
to go-across (the) river
- Zhèlǐ chē duō, nǐ guò jiē de shíhou duō kàn yí xià.
这里车多，你过街的时候多看一下。
Here (-) vehicles (are) a lot, (at the) time (when) you go-across (the) street watch (out) “more” “really quick”.
- Kuài dào le, guò le qiánmiàn nà jiā kāfēiguǎn zài wáng nán zǒu jǐ bǎi mǐ.
快到了，过了前面那家咖啡馆再往南走几百米。
Soon (we will) arrive (already), after going-pass that “jia” (of) coffee-house (at the) front again walk a-few hundreds (of) meters towards (the) south.
v. 动词 dòngcí ▸ to move from one time point to another time point; to go through/pass a time (period/point)
- guò jié
过节
to go-pass-(the time-period of) (a) holiday
- guò shēngrì
过生日
to go-pass-(the time of) (one’s) birthday
- guò sān tiān
过三天
to go-pass-(the time-period of) three days
- guò jǐ ge xiǎoshí
过几个小时
to go-pass-(the time-period of) a-few “ge” (of) hours
- Māma, jīn nián de Mǔqīn Jié nǐ xiǎng zěnme guò?
妈妈，今年的母亲节你想怎么过？
Mom, how (do) you want to go-pass-(the time of) (/“celebrate”) Mother(’s) Day (of) this year?
- Wǎnshang guò le jiǔ diǎn yǐhòu bié gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà.
晚上过了九点以后别给我打电话。
(In the) time (that is) after 9 o’clock (in the) evening (do) not make phone-calls to me.
❖ In the following two sentences, it's not directly talking about "time passing" but it's implied, because "time passes" when people's lives go on.
- Nǐ xiànzài de shēnghuó guò de zěnmeyàng? Wǒ zhǐ xīwàng nǐ guò de bǐ wǒ hǎo.
你现在的生活过得怎么样？我只希望你过得比我好。
How (is) your present life getting-by? I just hope (that) you get-by better than me.
- Líhūn yǐhòu, tā yí ge rén dài zhe háizi guò de hěn xīnkǔ.
离婚以后，他一个人带着孩子过得很辛苦。
(In the) time (that is) after getting-divorced, he (as) one “ge” (of single) person “taking”(/bringing up) (the) kid (has been) getting-by very difficult.
