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Chinese symbol for “supersonic”

超音速
chāo yīn sù
supersonic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for supersonic is 超音速 (chāo yīn sù), defined as: supersonic.

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Characters and stroke order

超 chāo
to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes
音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes
速 sù
prompt, quick, speedy
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 超音速.

WordPinyinMeaning
超过 (超過)chāo guòto surpass; to exceed
超级 (超級)chāo jísuper-; ultra-
超越chāo yuèto surpass; to exceed; to transcend
超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场 (chāo jí shì chǎng)); measure word: 家 (jiā)
超出chāo chūto exceed; to overstep
超人chāo rénsuperhuman; exceptional
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
速度sù dùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo

See also: Japanese symbol for “supersonic”.

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.