See also: 过度

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-
 
capacity; degree; standard
trad. (過度)
simp. (过度)
anagram 度過度过

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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過度

  1. excessive; too much; undue; overboard
    過度包裝过度包装  ―  guòdù bāozhuāng  ―  excessive packaging
    減少政府過度監管 [MSC, trad.]
    减少政府过度监管 [MSC, simp.]
    jiǎnshǎo zhèngfǔ guòdù jiānguǎn [Pinyin]
    to reduce excessive government regulations

Synonyms

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Adverb

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過度

  1. excessively
    反應過度反应过度  ―  fǎnyìng guòdù  ―  to overreact

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

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/kwado//kado/

From Middle Chinese compound 過度过度 (kwaH  duH , literally to pass, to go too far + measure, degree). Compare modern Mandarin reading guòdù, or Min Nan kè-tō͘.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()() (kadoくわど (kwado)?-na (adnominal ()() (kado na), adverbial ()() (kado ni))

  1. excessive

Usage notes

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Often used as a noun modifying another noun, with the particle (no), rather than with the adjectival particle (na). Compare the use of English excess and excessive.

過度(かど)のストレス、過度(かど)食欲(しょくよく)
kado no sutoresu, kado no shokuyoku
excess[ive] stress, excess[ive] appetite

Inflection

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Noun

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()() (kadoくわど (kwado)?

  1. excess

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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過度

  1. chữ Hán form of quá độ (excessive).