Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
超
chāo
Description
“超”常常放在形容词前面，表示“非常、很”的意思，是很口语的说法。
它也可以表示超过某个数量或标准。
Meanings
超chāo
super, extremely (colloquial intensifier)
这个蛋糕超好吃！
超过chāoguò
to exceed, to surpass
他跑得比我快，超过了我。
超chāo
to go beyond a limit or standard
车速不能超过八十。
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Notes
- Nuance
as an intensifier, 超 is casual and youthful, similar to English "super".
- Etymology
originally means "to jump over/exceed"; the intensifier use is modern and informal.
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