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过分

guò fèn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 過分

过分 (guò fèn) means "excessive". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 过分 means

1. excessive; undue
2. unduly; overly

The characters in 过分

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)

Example sentences

• 真过分!
  So mean!
• 太过分了！
  That's too much!
• 你太过分了。
  You're going too far.
• 那太过分了。
  That's too much.

Sounds the same

Read guò fèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 过份variant of 过分

Where 过分 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Candor, Clarity & Attitude (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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