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
过头
guòtóu
excessive; to go too far
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 批评如果说得过头，原本合理的提醒也会变成伤人的指责。 Pīpíng rúguǒ shuō de guòtóu, yuánběn hélǐ de tíxǐng yě huì biànchéng shāng rén de zhǐzé. If criticism goes too far, an originally reasonable reminder can become a hurtful accusation.
- 你这玩笑开得有点过头了。 Nǐ zhè wánxiào kāi de yǒudiǎn guòtóu le. That joke of yours went a bit too far.
- 饭煮过头了，米粒都变软烂了。 Fàn zhǔ guòtóu le, mǐlì dōu biàn ruǎnlàn le. The rice is overcooked and the grains have turned mushy.
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