超越

chāoyuè
verb HSK 5 #4,474

Meanings

  1. 1 to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
  2. 2 to go beyond

Characters

Exceeding and crossing over — going beyond limits.

Examples

Tā de chéngjì chāoyuè le suǒyǒu rén.
His results surpassed everyone's.
Wǒmen yào búduàn chāoyuè zìjǐ.
We must constantly surpass ourselves.
Zhè bù diànyǐng chāoyuè le yǔyán de zhàng'ài.
This movie transcended language barriers.
Zhōngguó de jīngjì zǒngliàng yǐjīng chāoyuè le hěn duō guójiā.
China's total economic output has already surpassed many countries.

Tips

usage
超越 is more formal and literary than 超过 (chāoguò, to surpass). 超越 often implies transcending or going beyond limits (self-improvement, philosophical boundaries), while 超过 is more concrete (numbers, speed, quantity).

Stroke Order

chāo
yuè