HSK 6 · Adjectives

过度 guòdù “excessive” in Chinese

Traditional 過度

What 过度 means

  1. excessive
  2. over-
  3. excess
  4. going too far
  5. extravagant
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • intemperate

How to say 过度

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale度dù4th tone, falling

过度 in a sentence

  1. 我反应过度了吗？

    Wǒ fǎnyìng guòdù le ma?

    Am I overreacting?

    Sentence #3289562 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她因过度的工作而筋疲力尽。

    Tā yīn guòdù de gōngzuò ér jīnpílìjìn.

    She was exhausted from overwork.

    Sentence #14037702 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 过度的谦逊就是骄傲。

    Guòdù de qiānxùn jiùshì jiāo'ào.

    Too much modesty is a form of pride.

    Sentence #1468443 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 过度 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 过 (guò) with each of its parts in a different colour
过guòto cross
  • 寸inch · cùn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 咼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with guò.

Memory aidWalking 辶 past: to pass, to cross. In the full form 過, 咼 (guō) gave the sound.

The character 度 (du) with each of its parts in a different colour
度dùto pass
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 廿twenty · niàn
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 过度

过 6 strokes · 度 9 strokes

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过度 (guòdù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 过度 (guòdù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 过度

Words with 过

过guò · to pass过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year过来guòlái · to come over难过nánguò · be grieved过去guòqù · in the past经过jīngguò · to pass过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival超过chāoguò · to surpass通过tōngguò · to pass through过程guòchéng · course of events

Words with 度

态度tàidu · attitude温度wēndù · temperature速度sùdù · speed度dù · degree度过dùguò · to pass制度zhìdù · system (of rules)程度chéngdù · degree角度jiǎodù · angle季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)年度niándù · year (e.g. financial year)

More words: Adjectives

公正gōngzhèng · fair广阔guǎngkuò · vast古怪gǔguài · strange孤立gūlì · isolated果断guǒduàn · decisive固有gùyǒu · inherent固执gùzhí · stubborn含糊hánhu · vague

FAQs

过度 (guòdù) means “excessive” or “over-”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guòdù: guò with a 4th tone, then dù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 过度 is written 過度. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guodu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过度 from the suggestions. Typing guodu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过度 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.