超越

chāo yuè

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

Definitions

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to step across

跨越障碍或界限

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to exceed

在范围或限制上

超越 often pairs with abstract objects like 梦想 or 极限, not concrete numbers.

超越 is common in formal or literary contexts; in casual speech, 超过 is more frequent for 'exceed'.

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這輛車超越了我。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 875126)

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inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)

outer transcendence (perfection through the agency of God)

transcendentalism

transcendental number (math.)

to exceed

generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods