超常

Chinese

		to exceed; overtake; surpass to exceed; overtake; surpass; transcend; ultra-; super-; to pass; to cross	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
simp. and trad. (超常)		超	常

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāocháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹ soeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāocháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaocháng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: chāu-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaucharng
    • Palladius: чаочан (čaočan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu¹ soeng⁴
    • Yale: chīu sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹ soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹ sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ²¹/

Adjective

超常

1. extraordinary; paranormal

   這個實驗出現了不可解釋的超常現象。 [MSC, trad.]
   这个实验出现了不可解释的超常现象。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè ge shíyàn chūxiàn le bù kě jiěshì de chāocháng xiànxiàng. [Pinyin]

   The experiment revealed paranormal phenomena that could not be explained.

Synonyms

• 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
• 了不得 (colloquial)
• 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
• 了勿起 (Wu)
• 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
• 偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
• 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
• 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
• 優異／优异 (yōuyì)
• 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
• 優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
• 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 出擢 (Hokkien)
• 出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
• 出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
• 出色 (chūsè)
• 勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
• 勿得了 (Wu)
• 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
• 卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
• 卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
• 卓著 (zhuózhù)
• 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
• 尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
• 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
• 彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
• 惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
• 打得 (Hakka)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 斐然 (fěirán)
• 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
• 標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 漂亮
• 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
• 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
• 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
• 特出 (tèchū)
• 特異／特异 (tèyì)
• 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
• 穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
• 突出 (tūchū)
• 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
• 蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
• 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
• 超凡 (chāofán)
• 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
• 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
• 超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
• 非凡 (fēifán)
• 響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
• 顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
• 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

 

Antonyms

• 尋常／寻常 (xúncháng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
超	常
ちょう Grade: S	じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/teuzyau/ → /tyoːzyoː/ [tɕoːdʑoː].

Noun

超(ちょう)常(じょう) • (chōjō) ^{←てうじやう (teuzyau)?}

1. exceeding the normal state; the paranormal

Derived terms

• 超常現象(ちょうじょうげんしょう) (chōjōgenshō)
• 超常磁性(ちょうじょうじせい) (chōjōjisei)
• 超常的(ちょうじょうてき) (chōjōteki)