HSK 6 · Function Words

过于 guòyú “excessively” in Chinese

Traditional 過於

What 过于 means

  1. excessively
  2. too

How to say 过于

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale于yú2nd tone, rising

过于 in a sentence

  1. 不要太过于依赖别人。

    Búyào tài guòyú yīlài biéren.

    Don’t depend too much on others.

    Sentence #444711 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你的看法过于乐观。

    Nǐ de kànfǎ guòyú lèguān.

    Your view is too optimistic.

    Sentence #845970 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 做事千万别过于急切，把事情搞砸了。

    Zuòshì qiānwàn bié guòyú jíqiè, bǎ shìqing gǎozá le.

    Whatever you do, don’t rush things and mess them up.

    Sentence #10081664 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 过于 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 于 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
于yúto go
  • 二two · èr
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 过于

过 6 strokes · 于 3 strokes

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

Words related to 过于

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 于

终于zhōngyú · at last关于guānyú · about对于duìyú · regarding由于yóuyú · due to于是yúshì · thereupon位于wèiyú · to be located at善于shànyú · to be good at等于děngyú · to equal属于shǔyú · to be classified as在于zàiyú · to lie in

More words: Function Words & Grammar

凡是fánshì · every反之fǎnzhī · conversely公然gōngrán · openly归根到底guīgēndàodǐ · in the final analysis姑且gūqiě · for the time being固然gùrán · admittedly嗨hāi · hi毫无háowú · not at all

FAQs

过于 (guòyú) means “excessively” or “too”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guòyú: guò with a 4th tone, then yú with a 2nd 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, 过于 is written 過於. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guoyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过于 from the suggestions. Typing guoyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过于 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.