过速

過速
guòsù
verb #23,468

Meanings

  1. 1 to exceed the speed limit
  2. 2 to speed
  3. 3 excessively fast

Examples

Tā yīn guòsù jiàshǐ bèi jǐngchá lán xià.
He was pulled over by the police for speeding.
Xīnlǜ guòsù kěnéng shì xīnzàng jíbìng de zhèngzhuàng.
An excessively fast heart rate may be a symptom of heart disease.

Tips

usage
过速 is used in both traffic (speeding) and medical contexts (tachycardia: 心动过速). In traffic law, 超速 is more common for speeding. 过速 can also be used more broadly as an adjective/adverb meaning 'excessively fast.'

Stroke Order

guò