過度

简 过度 · 繁 過度
Mandarin · pinyin guò dù

Meanings

  1. excessive
  2. over-
  3. excess
  4. going too far
  5. extravagant
  6. intemperate
  7. overdue
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過
guò · pass, pass through, go across
度
dù · degree, system; manner; to consider
过
guò · pass, pass through, go across
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4–4 · guo4 du4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwo3 dou6

Cantonese word readings for 過度. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

  1. excessive; too much; undue; overboard

adv

  1. excessively

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