Chinese symbol for “surpass”
超过
chāo guò
Traditional: 超過
to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surpass is 超过 (chāo guò), defined as: to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “surpass”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 超越 | chāo yuè | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend |
| 赵 (趙) | zhào | to surpass (old) |
| 优于 (優於) | yōu yú | to surpass |
| 超度 | chāo dù | to surpass; to transcend |
| 胜似 (勝似) | shèng sì | to surpass; better than |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 超过.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 “surpass”.
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.