超
chāo HSK2

jump over

超 chāo
very adverb
informal adverb meaning very, extremely, or super, commonly used in colloquial speech to intensify adjectives.
super- adverb
a prefix indicating a high degree, extraordinary nature, or being extra

这是一项超大型的科研合作项目。

zhè shì yī xiàng chāo dà​xíng de kē​yán hé​zuò xiàng​mù.

This is a mega-scale scientific research cooperation project.

exceed proper name
to go beyond a specific limit, number, degree, or standard

这辆车限坐五人，现在超了一个。

zhè liàng chē xiàn zuò wǔ rén, xiàn​zài chāo le yī gè.

This car is for five people; it's over the limit by one now.

overtake verb
to move past a person or vehicle traveling in the same direction

前面的车太慢了，我们超了他吧。

qián​miàn de chē tài màn le, wǒ​men chāo le tā ba.

The car in front is too slow; let's overtake it.

transcend verb
to go beyond the limits of the physical world or ordinary experience

他的思想境界已经超出了那个时代的局限。

tā de sī​xiǎng jìng​jiè yǐ​jīng chāo chū le nà gè shí​dài de jú​xiàn.

His vision and depth of thought have already transcended the limitations of that era.

Frequency
Character
Written text
754th most common 249.2 per million
Movie subtitles
567th most common 247.4 per million appears in 61% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
99.2 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
295.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+8D85

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)