How to say 去

  • Traditional characters: 去
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): qù
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄑㄩˋ
  • Meaning: to go

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

去 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

我要去買水果！

wǒ yào qù mǎi shuǐ guǒ

I'm off to buy fruit!

From the story 你是老師嗎？ (Are You a Teacher?)

這個週末去台南，好不好？我想喝牛肉湯。

zhè ge zhōu mò qù Tái nán hǎo bù hǎo wǒ xiǎng hē niú ròu tāng

Tainan this weekend? I want that beef soup.

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

台南跟花蓮差不多啦！那就…都去！

Tái nán gēn Huā lián chà bù duō la nà jiù dōu qù

About the same! So... let's do both!

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

都去？那要花多少錢？

dōu qù nà yào huā duō shao qián

Both? How much is that going to cost?

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

雅婷，我要去公園散步，你要一起嗎？

Yǎtíng wǒ yào qù gōng yuán sàn bù nǐ yào yì qǐ ma

Yating, I'm going for a walk in the park — want to come?

From the story 三十六度 (Thirty-Six Degrees)

Where 去 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Novice 2 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: Sentence Basics
  • Lesson: Talking About What Happened
  • Taught just before: 一個人
  • Taught just after: 了