超过

Character by character

• 超chāo12 strokesHSK 2jump over, leap over; surpass
• 过guò7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 過pass, pass through, go across

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我的书不超过十本。

  Wǒ de shū bù chāo guò shí běn

  I have not more than ten books.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 超过. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 过guòHSK 1

  to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-

• 不过bù guòHSK 2

  only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)

• 通过tōng guòHSK 2

  to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via

• 过去guò qùHSK 2

  (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

• 超chāoHSK 6

  to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-

• 过来guò láiHSK 2

  to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

• 经过jīng guòHSK 2

  to pass; to go through; process; course

• 过程guò chéngHSK 3

  course of events; process

• 超级chāo jíHSK 3

  super-; ultra-; hyper-

• 错过cuò guòHSK 6

  to miss (train, opportunity etc)

• 只不过zhǐ bu guòHSK 5

  only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...

• 难过nán guòHSK 2

  to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult

• 度过dù guòHSK 4

  to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through

• 过分guò fènHSK 4

  excessive; undue; overly

• 过度guò dùHSK 5

  excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue

• 路过lù guòHSK 6

  to pass by or through

• 过于guò yúHSK 5

  too much; excessively

• 超越chāo yuèHSK 5

  to surpass; to exceed; to transcend

• 超市chāo shìHSK 2

  supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)

• 穿过chuān guòHSK 7

  to pass through

• 走过zǒu guòHSK 2

  to walk past; to pass by

• 过敏guò mǐnHSK 5

  oversensitive; allergic; allergy

• 超出chāo chūHSK 6

  to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach

• 过后guò hòuHSK 6

  after the event