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Choosing Mnemonics

Pick the mnemonic story that sticks best for you by clicking its ☆ — there's no wrong choice, and you'll be able to write your own soon. Then press Continue.

= qu + Ø4
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
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How to pronounce 去

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= qu initial

Qu is for Cupid.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

去 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mǒu = m + ou3
old variant of 某[mou3]
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= s + Ø1
old variant of 私[si1]
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= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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Characters with 去 as component

= f + a3
see 砝碼|砝码[fa3 ma3]
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= qu + Ø1
sleeve opening
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= du + Ø1
to tap lightly
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Words with 去

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to leave / to exit
to get rid of / to exclude / to eliminate / to remove / to delete / to strip out / to extract
to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through

Sentences with 去

dàn
zhī
wáng
 
 
hǎi
néng
de

Want to remember 去 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

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The concrete barrel is a cylindrical, weathered gray structure featuring a rough, porous texture with visible aggregate and hairline cracks. Two symmetrical, smooth-edged rectangular cutouts are positioned on opposite sides, designed to accommodate human arms, with a heavy-duty, rusted iron locking mechanism bolted to the exterior surface.