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
过度
guòdù
excessive; too much
Characters in this word
度 dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 不要过度劳累。 Bú yào guò dù láo lèi. Do not work too hard.
- 过度饮酒不好。 Guò dù yǐn jiǔ bù hǎo. Drinking too much is bad.
- 他过度紧张。 Tā guò dù jǐn zhāng. He is too nervous.
Related words
- 过 guò to cross, to pass; to spend (time), to celebrate
- 不过 búguò but; however
- 超过 chāoguò to exceed; to overtake
- 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
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 走过 zǒuguò to walk past