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LuBaerte -

Dear friends,

I just learned the great song "duibian de nuhai kanguolai" by Richie Ren, and I was wondering what
exactly the function is of the particle "guo" 过 in this phrase. Does kanguolai mean "come and
see" and why guo here?

thanks a lot!
Lu Baerte

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calibre2001 -

guolai is a word meaning 'come over here' or 'over here' in this case. Thus kan guolai means 'look
over here/ look towards here'.

HSC -

I think that when guòlái is used after a verb it denotes a successful completion of that verb.
So, kànguòlái means that I saw (her), I managed to see her, I got a look.

'Look here' would be more like: cháo zhèr kàn (yixià).

calibre2001 -

The title of the song, when translated, is loosely the equivalent of saying ‘ Hey girl who lives
opposite, look here/look at me/us!’

Yes ‘guo’ can denote a sort of past tense, but not really in this case. Guolai is a word on
its own.

It’s more important to read the words rather than characters individually.

By the way, here’s the original singer whose version is way better than Richie Ren’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_b0c6Qr34

monto -

过来：
过来 alone means "come over here"
When it follows a verb, just "over here" or some thing similar. It is quite frequently used this
way. For examples
快跑过来
把球踢过来
把东西拿过来
把人领过来
把信寄过来
把图片传过来 。。。。。。 many, many.

Also there is usage of 过来: <verb> +过来 <same verb>+过去，indicating the acting is
repeated. For example
看过来，看过去，也没看出什么门道儿。
在房间里走过来走过去，思考着这个问题。
这个问题就像皮球一样，在各部门间被踢过来踢过去，没人去解决。

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