过剩 meaning in English

guòshèng

to be excessive; to be more than is required

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 過剩18 strokes

Meaning of 过剩

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guòshèng
  1. to be excessive; to be more than is required

过剩 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

由yóu于yú产chǎn量liàng过guò剩shèng,卷juǎn心xīn菜cài的de价jià格gé下xià降jiàng了le。
The price of cabbage fell because of overproduction.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

过 guò · to cross · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

剩 shèng · to remain · 12 strokes

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  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 过剩.

不过bùguòonly; merely
过来guòláito come over; to manage
过去guòqù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
通过tōngguòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
经过jīngguòto pass; to go through
超过chāoguòto surpass; to exceed
难过nánguòto feel sad; to feel unwell
见过jiànguo
走过zǒuguòto walk past; to pass by
过年guòniánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
过程guòchéngcourse of events; process
度过dùguòto pass; to spend (time)

Questions about 过剩

What does 过剩 mean?

过剩 (guòshèng) means "to be excessive; to be more than is required" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 过剩?

过剩 is made of 2 characters: 过 (6 strokes), 剩 (12 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 过剩 an HSK word?

Yes. 过剩 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 过剩 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 过剩 is written 過剩.