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The Cantonese word gwo heoi - 过去 - gwo3 heoi3
(past in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

gwo3 heoi3

English translations

past, in the past, to pass by, to go by,
died, to pass away

Chinese characters:

过去
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过去 (gwo3 heoi3) is composed of these characters: 过, 去
过去 ( gwo heoi / gwo3 heoi3 ) in traditional characters
過去
Topic
Time: Periods of time

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to pass  |  to go
过去 ( gwo heoi / gwo3 heoi3 ) belongs to the 100 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 63)
More words that mean past in Cantonese
sik1 ( 昔 ), wong5 ( 往 )

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