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Too much in Chinese: 过于 (guò yú)

guò yú

too much

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 過於1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1too much
  2. 2excessively

Stroke order

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于

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨㄛˋ

guò

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄩˊ

yú

ㄩ/ üˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

过于

Simplified

過於

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他说话过于直接，容易得罪人。

    tā shuō huà guò yú zhí jiē， róng yì dé zuì rén。

    He speaks too directly and easily offends people.

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Related words

过

guò

to cross

于

yú

to go

关于

guān yú

pertaining to

过去

guò qù

(in the) past

经过

jīng guò

to pass

难过

nán guò

to feel sad

终于

zhōng yú

at last

不过

bù guò

only

超过

chāo guò

to surpass

过程

guò chéng

course of events

通过

tōng guò

to pass through

由于

yóu yú

due to

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