Chinese symbol for “exaggeration”
过头话
guò tóu huà
Traditional: 過頭話
exaggeration
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exaggeration is 过头话 (guò tóu huà), defined as: exaggeration.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “exaggeration”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 壮语 (壯語) | zhuàng yǔ | magnificent talk; exaggeration |
| 夸大之词 (誇大之詞) | kuā dà zhī cí | hyperbole; exaggeration |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 过头话.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 超过 (超過) | chāo guò | to surpass; to exceed |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exaggeration”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.