过 guò
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
过往
guòwǎng
past; former; previous
Characters in this word
往 wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 过往的成功经验并不能保证企业在新技术周期中继续领先。 Guòwǎng de chénggōng jīngyàn bìng bù néng bǎozhèng qǐyè zài xīn jìshù zhōuqī zhōng jìxù lǐngxiān. Past successful experience cannot guarantee that a company will continue to lead in a new technology cycle.
- 他很少向别人提起自己的过往。 Tā hěn shǎo xiàng biéren tíqǐ zìjǐ de guòwǎng. He rarely talks to others about his past.
- 看着旧照片，过往的记忆一下子涌了上来。 Kànzhe jiù zhàopiàn, guòwǎng de jìyì yíxiàzi yǒng le shànglái. Looking at the old photos, memories of the past suddenly came flooding back.
Related words
- 过 guò to cross, to pass; to spend (time), to celebrate
- 不过 búguò but; however
- 超过 chāoguò to exceed; to overtake
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 过年 guònián to celebrate Chinese New Year
- 过去 guòqù to go over; to pass by
- 过 guo ever (past experience marker)
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 经过 jīngguò to pass by; to go through
- 难过 nánguò sad
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 走过 zǒuguò to walk past