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超
chāo
1. to exceed
2. to overtake
3. to surpass
4. to transcend
5. to pass
6. to cross
7. ultra-
8. super-
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

超
chāo
to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass
HSK 3 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

B超
Bchāo
type-B ultrasound
出超
chūchāo
trade surplus
彩超
CǎiChāo
Color Doppler Imaging (CDI) (medicine)
极超
jíchāo
hyper-
班超
BānChāo
Ban Chao (33-102), noted Han diplomat and military man
英超
YīngChāo
Premier League
超人
Chāorén
Superman, comic book superhero
超人
chāorén
superhuman
超值
chāozhí
great value
超凡
chāofán
out of the ordinary
超出
chāochū
to exceed
超前
chāoqián
to be ahead of one's time
超升
chāoshēng
exaltation
超商
chāoshāng
convenience store
超导
chāodǎo
superconductor
超市
chāoshì
supermarket
HSK 3
超度
chāodù
to surpass
超弦
chāoxián
super-string
超我
chāowǒ
superego
超拔
chāobá
outstanding

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
753
Word Frequency Rank
655 of 84,292

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