去了 (qùle) — Go in Mandarin
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#833 most common word
Pinyin colour key: tone 1 (high flat), tone 2 (rising), tone 3 (dipping), tone 4 (falling), neutral.
Tone breakdown
去了 is pronounced qùle. Tap any syllable’s row to hear the whole word.
In a sentence
Tā qù le Běijīng.
He went to Beijing.
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What does 去了 mean?+
去了 (qùle) means "Go" in Mandarin Chinese.
How do you pronounce 去了?+
去了 is pronounced qùle. It uses the tone 4 (falling). Tap the character on this page to hear native audio.
How common is 去了 in Mandarin?+
去了 is the #833 most frequent word in spoken Mandarin, so it is one of the first words worth learning.
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