驶过 (shǐ guō) — to drive through, to pass by (by vehicle) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

驶过 (shǐ guò) emphasizes a vehicle's motion of traveling past or through a place. Pairs with locations (大桥, 隧道); the vehicle is the subject.

verb

to drive throughto pass by (by vehicle)

Examples

驶过。
Zhè liàng qì chē huǎn huǎn shǐ guō le dà qiáo.
This car slowly drove across the bridge.
驶过，。
Huǒ chē shǐ guō suì dào shí, chē nèi yí piàn qī hēi.
When the train passed through the tunnel, the carriage went completely dark.
驶过，。
Wǒ men shǐ guō nà piàn shù lín, fā xiàn lǐ miàn yǒu gè xiǎo hú.
We drove through that forest and discovered a small lake inside.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

驶 means drive and 过 means pass, so it says a vehicle drives past.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 駛; 驶 is its simplified writing.

馬史駛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎ

Sound part声符shēngfú

史

史shǐ駛shǐ

Same sound today

The traditional form 駛 has 馬 as the meaning part and 史 as the sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 過; 过 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

咼

咼wāi過guò

Same sound today

The traditional form 過 pairs 辵 (walk) with 咼 as a sound component; the simplified 过 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical components.

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