過
简 过 · 繁 過Meanings · gwo3
- (noun) 1. fault; 2. mistake
Meanings · gwo1
- (experienced action marker)
- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
- to pass
- to pass through
- to go across
- to surpass
- to exceed
- to excel
- too much
- mistake
- fault
- to transfer (funds
- territory
- allegiance)
Meanings · gwo3
- (experienced action marker)
- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
- to pass
- to pass through
- to go across
- to surpass
- to exceed
- to excel
- too much
- mistake
- fault
- to transfer (funds
- territory
- allegiance)
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Mandarin ↔ Cantonese
- Cantonese咗zo2↔Mandarin過guò
Source note
CC-Canto line 26415: Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
CC-CEDICT line 21370: Cantonese particle equivalent to 了[le5] or 過|过[guo4]
Only equivalences a source states in its own words (“Mandarin equivalent”, “particle equivalent to”). Not a translation table: usage, register and senses can differ.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 過 Guō CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsurname Guo
- 過 guò CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- 過 guo CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(experienced action marker)
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: guo4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 29 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwo1 · gwo3
Cantonese word readings for 過. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- to cross; to pass; to go across; to pass through
- (of time) to pass by; to pass
- to spend time; to live
- to transfer; to move to
- to cause to go through
- to go over; to look at carefully; to go through
- to exceed; to surpass; to be over
- excessive; undue; overboard
- to pass an exam
- verbal complement — indicating passing by; over; by
- verbal complement — indicating a change in direction; over; away
- verbal complement — indicating an excess in degree or amount; past; through; by
- verbal complement — indicating superiority; better than
- verbal complement — (Cantonese) indicating that an event is worthwhile
- (chiefly literary or Cantonese) adjectival complement indicating an excess in degree or amount; more ... than
- particle indicating that an event or state has occurred already; ever; already
- (Cantonese, Gan) particle indicating repetition of an event; again
- too; excessively
- fault; blemish; mistake
- (Cantonese, chiefly university slang) to pass
- (literary) to pay a visit; to visit; to call on
- (euphemistic) to die; to pass away
- (Cantonese, dated) used to indicates the target or recipient of an action: to
- (Cantonese) — Classifier for occurrences: time
character · Etymology 2
- name of a creek
- name of an ancient state in modern Shandong
- a surname
character · Etymology 3
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 輠 /𰺍
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 禍 /祸 (huò)
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