Chinese word

路过

Pronunciation

Pinyinlù guò

Meaning

  • verbpass by

Example

我刚路过学校，看到很多学生。wǒ gāng lù guò xué xiào kàn dào hěn duō xué shēng

I just passed by the school and saw many students.

Illustration for 路过 (pass by)

More examples

我回家时顺便路过朋友家，跟他打了招呼。wǒ huí jiā shí shùn biàn lù guò péng yǒu jiā gēn tā dǎ le zhāo hū

On my way home, I passed by my friend's house and said hello to him.

Core concept

A brief movement along a route that carries someone past a place or person without stopping.

Common phrases

  • 路过门口lù guò mén kǒu

    pass by the entrance

  • 路过朋友家lù guò péng yǒu jiā

    pass by a friend's house

Similar words

经过jīng guò: Go past a place in a neutral, matter-of-fact way, often in descriptions.
穿过chuān guò: Move through the inside of a place or object and emerge on the other side.
通过tōng guò: Get through a place or physical obstacle to continue forward.
越过yuè guò: Cross over a boundary or obstacle and move to the other side.

Definition in Chinese

经过某地或某人但不停车，强调通过这一短暂动作，常用来描述偶然或顺路的情况。jīng guò mǒu dì huò mǒu rén dàn bù tíng chē qiáng diào tōng guò zhè yì duǎn zàn dòng zuò cháng yòng lái miáo shù ǒu rán huò shùn lù de qíng kuàng

Word origin

路过 (lùguò, "pass by") combines 路 (lù, "road or route") with 过 (guò, "cross or pass"), forming the idea of passing along a route.

Usage tips

  • Context shows whether the route was chosen or merely happened to be convenient, since the verb itself does not express that difference.

Other meanings

  • pass throughverb
  • go viaverb

Opposites

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