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超出

chāo chū

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

超出 (chāo chū) means "to exceed; to overstep; to go too far". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 超出 means

1. to exceed
2. to overstep
3. to go too far
4. to encroach

The characters in 超出

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield

Example sentences

• 那超出了我的理解。
  That was beyond my comprehension.
• 这超出了我的想像范围。
  Zhè chāochū le wǒ de xiǎngxiàng fànwéi.
  This is beyond the scope of my imagination.
• 他在各方面都超出他的对手。
  Tā zài gèfāng miàn dōu chāochū tā de duìshǒu.
  He is superior to his opponents in all respects.
• 这个主题超出了他所能接受的范围。
  The subject is out of his sphere.
• 盖我自己的房子超出了我的能力范围。
  Gài wǒ zìjǐ de fángzi chāochū le wǒ de nénglì fànwéi.
  It is beyond my power to build my own house.
• 我知道超出我们的预算了，但是我就想买下来。
  I knew it was out of our price range, but I wanted to buy it anyway.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chāo chū correctly.
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