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Chinese
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to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too- |
head; (noun suffix)
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| trad. (過頭)
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過
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頭
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| simp. (过头)
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过
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头
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| anagram
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頭過／头过
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Pronunciation
Verb
過頭
- to overdo; to go too far; to exceed limits
坐公交車不小心坐過頭 [MSC, trad.]
坐公交车不小心坐过头 [MSC, simp.]- zuò gōngjiāochē bù xiǎoxīn zuò guòtóu
- to miss one's stop on the bus
Adjective
過頭
- extreme; excessive
Synonyms
- 不像話 / 不像话 (bùxiànghuà)
- 不成話 / 不成话 (bùchénghuà)
- 偏激 (piānjī) (thoughts, attitudes)
- 太甚 (tàishèn)
- 太過 / 太过 (tàiguò)
- 苦 (regional)
- 過分 / 过分 (guòfèn)
- 過度 / 过度 (guòdù)
- 過火 / 过火 (guòhuǒ)
- 過甚 / 过甚 (guòshèn) (literary)
- 過當 / 过当 (guòdàng)
- 過角 / 过角 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
Adverb
過頭
- excessively; overdone
她把披薩烤過頭了。 [MSC, trad.]
她把披萨烤过头了。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā bǎ pīsà kǎo guòtóu le.
- She overcooked the pizza.
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