Dictionary › 超

超

chāo

HSK 3 Character

What 超 means

1. to exceed
2. to overtake
3. to surpass
4. to transcend
5. to pass
6. to cross
7. ultra-
8. super-

Example sentences

• 超赞的。
  This is fucking cool.
• 超市出兑。
  Chāoshì chū duì.
  The supermarket ran out of business.
• 不要超速。
  Don't go beyond the speed limit.
• 去了超市。
  I went to the supermarket.
• 超市真大！
  The supermarket is really big!
• 它超级好玩的
  Tā chāojí hǎowán de
  It was a blast.

Words starting with 超

• 超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场
• 超过chāo guòto surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
• 超级chāo jísuper-; ultra-; hyper-
• 超越chāo yuèto surpass; to exceed; to transcend
• 超出chāo chūto exceed; to overstep; to go too far
• 超人chāo rénsuperhuman; exceptional
• 超标chāo biāoto cross the limit; to be over the accepted norm; excessive
• 超前chāo qiánto be ahead of one's time; to surpass or outdo one's predecessors; to be ahead of the pack
• 超常chāo chángexceptional; well above average; supernatural; paranormal
• 超车chāo chēto overtake (another car)
• 超级市场chāo jí shì chǎngsupermarket
• 超脱chāo tuōto stand aloof; to be detached from; to transcend worldliness
• 超重chāo zhòngoverweight (baggage, freight)
• 超然chāo ránaloof; detached; disinterested; impartial
• 超载chāo zàito overload
• 超凡chāo fánout of the ordinary; exceedingly (good)
• 超速chāo sùto exceed the speed limit; to speed; high-speed
• 超额chāo éabove quota
• 超负荷chāo fù hèexcess load; an overload; overloaded
• 超时chāo shíto exceed the time limit; (to work) overtime; (computing) timeout
• 超度chāo dùto surpass; to transcend; to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace
• 超生chāo shēng(Buddhism) to be reincarnated; (fig.) to be lenient; to spare sb…
• 超群chāo qúnsurpassing; preeminent; outstanding
• 超短裙chāo duǎn qúnminiskirt

Words containing 超

• 高超gāo chāoexcellent; superlative
• 梁启超Liáng Qǐ chāoLiang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform…
• 赶超gǎn chāoto overtake
• 邓颖超Dèng Yǐng chāoDeng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩来
• 中超zhōng chāoChinese supermarket
• 入超rù chāotrade deficit; import surplus
• 出超chū chāotrade surplus; favorable balance of trade
• 反超fǎn chāoto reverse (the score); to pull off a comeback; to take the lead
• 商超shāng chāosuperstore – a hybrid retail format combining department store 商场
• 极超jí chāohyper-; ultra-
• 班超Bān ChāoBan Chao (33-102), noted Han diplomat and military man
• 英超Yīng ChāoPremier League; England Premier Soccer League
• 马超Mǎ ChāoMa Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• 内在超越nèi zài chāo yuèinner transcendence…
• 外在超越wài zài chāo yuèouter transcendence (perfection through the agency of God)
• 物超所值wù chāo suǒ zhí(of a product, service etc) worth more than the cost; great value for the money spent
• 早死早超生zǎo sǐ zǎo chāo shēngto end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated; (fig.) to get it over with
• 远超yuǎn chāoto exceed by far; to greatly surpass
• 远超过yuǎn chāo guòto exceed by far; to outclass
• 远远超过yuǎn yuǎn chāo guòsurpassing by far
• 苏超Sū ChāoScottish Premiership, the top division of professional football (soccer) in Scotland…
• 英超赛Yīng chāo sàiEngland premier soccer league
• 红超巨星hóng chāo jù xīngred supergiant (star)
• 彩超cǎi chāocolor Doppler imaging (CDI) (medicine)

Characters built on 召

These share the phonetic component 召 (zhào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 沼zhǎopond; pool
• 昭zhāobright; clear; manifest
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 诏zhào(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 韶sháo(literary) splendid; glorious
• 劭shàostimulate to effort

Characters that look like 超

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 趋qūto hasten; to hurry; to walk fast
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 袱fú(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
• 跚shānused in 蹒跚
• 赧nǎnblushing with shame

Sounds the same

Read chāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抄to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize
• 钞money; paper money; variant of 抄
• 剿to plagiarize
• 绰to grab; to snatch up; variant of 焯
• 焯to blanch; to parboil
• 弨unbent bow
• 怊(literary) sad; sorrowful; disappointed; frustrated
• 訬clamor; uproar; annoyance