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
过剩
guòshèng
surplus; excess; overcapacity
Characters in this word
剩 shèng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 乘 ride, mount 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 当产能严重过剩时，单纯降价只会进一步压缩行业利润。 Dāng chǎnnéng yánzhòng guòshèng shí, dānchún jiàngjià zhǐ huì jìnyíbù yāsuō hángyè lìrùn. When production capacity is severely excessive, simply cutting prices will only further squeeze industry profits.
- 今年苹果丰收，市场上出现了供应过剩。 Jīnnián píngguǒ fēngshōu, shìchǎng shàng chūxiàn le gōngyìng guòshèng. The apple harvest was bountiful this year, and the market has a supply surplus.
- 精力过剩的孩子总是跑来跑去，停不下来。 Jīnglì guòshèng de háizi zǒngshì pǎo lái pǎo qù, tíng bù xiàlái. A child with excess energy keeps running around and can't stop.
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