超 chāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 走 — to walk, to run, to flee
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
超过
chāoguò
to exceed; to overtake
Characters in this word
过 guò
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 人数超过百人。 Rénshù chāoguò bǎi rén. The number of people exceeds one hundred.
- 他超过我了。 Tā chāoguò wǒ le. He passed me.
- 钱超过预算。 Qián chāoguò yùsuàn. The cost exceeds the budget.
Related words
- 超市 chāoshì supermarket
- 超级 chāojí super; very
- 超越 chāoyuè to surpass; to overtake
- 过 guò to cross, to pass; to spend (time), to celebrate
- 不过 búguò but; however
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 过年 guònián to celebrate Chinese New Year
- 过去 guòqù to go over; to pass by
- 过 guo ever (past experience marker)
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 经过 jīngguò to pass by; to go through
- 难过 nánguò sad