Chinese symbol for “surreal”
超现实
chāo xiàn shí
Traditional: 超現實
surreal; surrealistic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surreal is 超现实 (chāo xiàn shí), defined as: surreal; surrealistic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 超现实.
| 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 |
| 现在 (現在) | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 发现 (發現) | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 其实 (其實) | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surreal”.
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.