太過

See also: 太过

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	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-
trad. (太過)		太	過
simp. (太过)		太	过

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàiguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gwo³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-kòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàiguò
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàiguò
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-kuo⁴
    • Yale: tài-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayguoh
    • Palladius: тайго (tajgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ gwo³
    • Yale: taai gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kʷɔː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: thài-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'koex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ kue²¹/

Adverb

太過

1. excessively; too (much)

   • 干是天笑阮心軟太過單純 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     干是天笑阮心软太过单纯 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2013, 曹雅雯 (Olivia Tsao) and 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 《心軟》

     Kám sī thiⁿ chhiò gún sim-nńg thài-kòe tan-sûn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Are the heavens laughing at me for being soft-hearted and too simple-minded?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 太 (“too; excessively”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		太, 過於
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	太, 忒
	Taiwan	太
	Malaysia	太
	Singapore	太
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	太, 忒
	Jinan	太, 忒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	太
	Xi'an	太
	Xuzhou	忒
	Donghai	太
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	太
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	太
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	太
	Wuhan	太, 忒
	Guiyang	太
	Guilin	太
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	太
	Yangzhou	太
	Baoying	太
	Taizhou	太
	Zhenjiang	太
	Yancheng	太
	Hefei	太
Cantonese	Guangzhou	太, 得滯 >, 過頭 >
	Hong Kong	太, 太過, 得滯 >, 過頭 >, 過龍 >
	Taishan	得滯 >
	Dongguan	得滯 >
	Yangjiang	得滯 >
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	太
	Singapore (Guangfu)	太
Gan	Nanchang	太
	Lichuan	太
	Pingxiang	太
Hakka	Meixian	忒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	太, 過頭 >
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	忒
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	太
	Wengyuan	太
	Liannan	太
	Jiexi	忒
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	太, 忒
	Changting	忒
	Wuping	忒
	Wuping (Yanqian)	忒
	Liancheng	忒
	Ninghua	忒
	Yudu	太
	Ningdu	太, 忒
	Tonggu (Sandu)	忒
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	太
	Dayu	太
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	忒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	忒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	忒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	忒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	忒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	忒
	Hong Kong	太, 過頭 >
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	太
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	太
	Xinyi (Sihe)	太
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	太
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	太
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	太
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	忒
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	忒
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	太
	Mengshan (Xihe)	太
	Luchuan	太
	Senai (Huiyang)	過頭 >
	Kuching (Hepo)	過頭
Huizhou	Jixi	太
Jin	Taiyuan	太
Northern Min	Jian'ou	忒
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	忒
	Songxi	忒
	Zhenghe	忒
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	忒
	Jianyang	忒
	Wuyishan	忒
	Pucheng (Shibei)	忒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	過, 恰
	Fuzhou (Changle)	恰
	Lianjiang	恰
	Fuqing	恰
	Pingtan	恰
	Yongtai	恰
	Minqing	恰
	Gutian	恰
	Pingnan	恰
	Luoyuan	恰
	Fu'an	恰
	Ningde	恰
	Xiapu	恰
	Zherong	恰
	Shouning	恰
	Zhouning	恰
	Fuding	恰
Southern Min	Xiamen	傷, 傷過
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	傷
	Quanzhou	傷, 傷過
	Jinjiang	傷, 太
	Nan'an	傷
	Shishi	傷
	Hui'an	傷
	Anxi	傷
	Yongchun	傷
	Dehua	傷
	Zhangzhou	傷, 傷過
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	傷
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	傷
	Hua'an	傷
	Nanjing	傷
	Pinghe	傷
	Zhangpu	傷
	Yunxiao	傷
	Zhao'an	傷
	Dongshan	傷
	Taipei	傷
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	傷
	Kaohsiung	傷
	Yilan	傷
	Changhua (Lukang)	傷
	Taichung	傷
	Tainan	傷
	Hsinchu	傷
	Kinmen	傷
	Penghu (Magong)	傷
	Penang (Hokkien)	傷, 太
	Singapore (Hokkien)	傷, 傷過, 過, 佮
	Manila (Hokkien)	傷, 傷過
	Longyan	蓋
	Zhangping	傷
	Chaozhou	佮
	Shantou	佮, 過
	Jieyang	佮, 過
	Bangkok (Teochew)	佮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	佮
	Singapore (Teochew)	佮, 過
Puxian Min	Putian	傷
	Xianyou	傷
Central Min	Yong'an	太
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	忒
	Sanming (Shaxian)	太
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	太, 過頭 >
Wu	Shanghai	忒, 過於, 忒煞, 忒以 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	忒
	Suzhou	忒
	Changshu	脫
	Nantong (Haimen)	忒
	Danyang	太
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	太
	Hangzhou	忒
	Ningbo	忒
	Wenzhou	忒
	Jinhua	太, 忒
Xiang	Changsha	太
	Shuangfeng	太, 忒
Note	> - after adjective or adverb

Adjective

太過

1. excessive; too much; undue; overboard

Synonyms

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• 不像話／不像话 (bùxiànghuà)
• 不成話／不成话 (bùchénghuà)
• 偏激 (piānjī) (thoughts, attitudes)
• 太甚 (tàishèn)
• 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)
• 過頭／过头 (guòtóu)