(chāo jí) - super, super-, extremely in Mandarin

chāojí

Traditional: 超級

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Translation

super, super-, extremely

Word origin

A compound of 超 (chāo, to exceed, to surpass) and 级 (jí, level, grade), meaning above the usual level, and used as a loan-style equivalent of the English prefix super.

Origin: compound
Root: 超 (chāo, to exceed) + 级 (jí, level)

Stroke order

超

级

Examples

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The cakes at this shop are super tasty.

迷mí。

He is a huge football fan.

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We went to the supermarket to buy things.

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The weather is extremely hot today.

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This film is a major blockbuster.

超级 (chāojí) means super or extremely, used both as a prefix (超级市场, supermarket) and colloquially to intensify, much like super in English. It joins the words for to exceed and level.

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This word is part of lesson 30.