Chinese symbol for “metaphysical”
超物理
chāo wù lǐ
surpassing the physical world; metaphysical
The closest CC-CEDICT match for metaphysical is 超物理 (chāo wù lǐ), defined as: surpassing the physical world; metaphysical.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 超物理.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 超过 (超過) | chāo guò | to surpass; to exceed |
| 超级 (超級) | chāo jí | super-; ultra- |
| 超越 | chāo yuè | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend |
| 超市 | chāo shì | supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场 (chāo jí shì chǎng)); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 超出 | chāo chū | to exceed; to overstep |
| 超人 | chāo rén | superhuman; exceptional |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
See also: Japanese symbol for “metaphysical”.
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.