Chinese symbol for “excel”
胜过
shèng guò
Traditional: 勝過
to excel; to surpass
The closest CC-CEDICT match for excel is 胜过 (shèng guò), defined as: to excel; to surpass.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “excel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赛 (賽) | sài | to compete; competition |
| 出人头地 (出人頭地) | chū rén tóu dì | to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel |
| 踔 | chuō | to get ahead; to stride |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胜过.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胜利 (勝利) | shèng lì | victory; 个 (gè) |
| 战胜 (戰勝) | zhàn shèng | to prevail over; to defeat |
| 获胜 (獲勝) | huò shèng | to win |
| 胜出 (勝出) | shèng chū | to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc) |
| 胜任 (勝任) | shèng rèn | qualified; competent (professionally) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “excel”.
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.