to go; go to
HSK level
去 is written with 5 strokes. The animation replays automatically.
去 (qù) is the basic Chinese verb 'to go' — movement AWAY from where the speaker is.
Its partner is 来 (lái, 'to come') — movement TOWARD the speaker. Unlike English 'go,' Chinese 去 takes its destination directly without a preposition: 去北京 (go to Beijing), 去学校 (go to school), 去医院 (go to the hospital) — there is no 到 or 'to.' 去 also functions as a directional verb after another action verb to show going somewhere to do something: 我去吃饭 (I'm going to eat), 去买东西 (go shop).
Past form: 去了 (went). Negate completed past with 没去 (didn't go); negate future / habitual with 不去 (won't go / don't go).
去 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.
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Wǒ qù xuéxiào.
I'm going to school.
spoken
你去哪儿？
Nǐ qù nǎr?
Where are you going?
spoken
明天我们去中国。
Míngtiān wǒmen qù Zhōngguó.
Tomorrow we're going to China.
neutral
他昨天没去上班。
Tā zuótiān méi qù shàngbān.
He didn't go to work yesterday.
spoken
前往 means 'head to / proceed to' — formal, written, used in news and official announcements (前往机场, 'head to the airport'). Never use it in everyday speech.
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