# 超

| 超 | U+8D85, &#36229; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D85 |
| ← 趄 [U+8D84] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 趆 → [U+8D86] |

## Translingual
### Han character

超 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人尸竹口 (GOSHR), four-corner 4780$_6$, composition ⿺走召)

#### Derived characters

* 㯧, 𠾸, 𢵒, 𰫳(𬙄), 𦠶

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1216, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37096
* Dae Jaweon: page 1685, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3484, character 7
* Unihan data for U+8D85

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 刀 | *taːw |
| 忉 | *taːw |
| 魛 | *taːw |
| 舠 | *taːw |
| 朷 | *taːw, *moːɡ |
| 叨 | *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw |
| 倒 | *taːwʔ, *taːws |
| 到 | *taːws |
| 菿 | *taːws, *rtaːwɢ |
| 鞀 | *deːw |
| 鳭 | *rteːw, *teːw |
| 灱 | *hreːw |
| 菬 | *sdew, *tjewʔ |
| 超 | *tʰew |
| 怊 | *tʰew, *tʰjew |
| 欩 | *tʰew |
| 召 | *dews, *djews |
| 昭 | *tjew |
| 招 | *tjew |
| 鉊 | *tjew |
| 沼 | *tjewʔ |
| 照 | *tjews |
| 詔 | *tjews |
| 炤 | *tjews |
| 弨 | *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ |
| 眧 | *tʰjewʔ |
| 韶 | *djew |
| 佋 | *djew, *djewʔ |
| 軺 | *djew, *lew |
| 玿 | *djew |
| 柖 | *djew |
| 紹 | *djewʔ |
| 袑 | *djewʔ |
| 綤 | *djewʔ |
| 邵 | *djews |
| 劭 | *djews |
| 卲 | *djews |
| 刁 | *teːw |
| 芀 | *teːw, *deːw |
| 貂 | *teːw |
| 蛁 | *teːw |
| 迢 | *deːw |
| 苕 | *deːw |
| 髫 | *deːw |
| 岧 | *deːw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰew): semantic 走 (“run”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāo (chao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ciu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ciau$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhêu
    (Hailu, HRS): chau$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiĕu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tieo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiau / thiau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tiao$^3$ / tiou$^3$ / tiao$^1$ / tiou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tshau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chao
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^1$
*** Yale: chāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
*** Palladius: чао (čao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ciu$^1$
*** Yale: chīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ciau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiau³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ceu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ceu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: chau$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰau⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: tieo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰieu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau
*** Tâi-lô: tshiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiaw
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiau³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau
*** Tâi-lô: thiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiaw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tiao$^3$ / tiou$^3$ / tiao$^1$ / tiou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiàu / thiòu / thiau / thiou
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiau²¹³/, /tʰiou²¹³/, /tʰiau³³/, /tʰiou³³/
* tiao3/tiao1 - Shantou;
* tiou3/tiou1 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: trhjew
Rime :
| Character | 超 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 敕宵切 |
| Baxter | trhjew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰˠiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰᵚiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰiaw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰjɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ciu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰr[a]w/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰew/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 超 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trhjew › |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰr[a]w/ |
| English | leap over, surpass |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 超 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2123 |
| Phonetic component | 刀 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 超 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰew/ |

#### Definitions

超
* to jump over; to leap over
* to cross over; to transcend
* to exceed; to overtake; to surpass
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) far; distant
* super; really
    超好聽／超好听 ― chāo hǎotīng ― really nice to listen to
* super-; hyper-; ultra-
    超市 ― chāoshì ― supermarket
    超音速 ― chāoyīnsù ― supersonic
    超文本 ― chāowénběn ― hypertext

##### Synonyms

* (to exceed):
* 出乎 (chūhū)
* 勝過 / 胜过 (shèngguò)
* 強似 / 强似 (qiángsì) (formal)
* 強過 / 强过 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 愈 (yù) (formal)
* 蓋 / 盖 (literary)
* 蓋過 / 盖过 (Hakka)
* 賽過 / 赛过 (sàiguò)
* 超出 (chāochū)
* 越出 (yuèchū)
* 超越 (chāoyuè)
* 超過 / 超过 (chāoguò)
* 越過 / 越过 (yuèguò)
* 跨越 (kuàyuè)
* 軼越 / 轶越 (yìyuè) (literary)
* 逾越 (yúyuè)
* 開過 / 开过 (kāiguò) (Beijing Mandarin)
* (really):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 甚, 孔 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 很, 非常, 十分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 很 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 很, 蠻, 非常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 挺, 楞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 很, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠻, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠻, 稀, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 很 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好, 非常之 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好, 十分之 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好, 非常之, 非常 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 好 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頂 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 野 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 已, 刮 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 樣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 好 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋, 盡, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 盡, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 足, 真, 實在 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 很 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 很, 挺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 盡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 野, 真 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 真 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 野, 萬代 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 真, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誠, 蓋, 足 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 足, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 真, 誠, 真正 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 過, 好, 非常, 死爸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 好, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 真, 死爸, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 極, 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 但顧 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 但顧, 真 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 全成 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 好, 蠻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠻, 窮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠻, 蒙, 顯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 很, 蠻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠻 |

#### Compounds

* 入聖超凡 / 入圣超凡
* 入超 (rùchāo)
* 公超市
* 出超 (chūchāo)
* 出類超群 / 出类超群
* 卓越超群
* 技藝超群 / 技艺超群
* 拔山超海
* 拔類超群 / 拔类超群
* 挾山超海 / 挟山超海
* 梁啟超
* 班超
* 筆下超生 / 笔下超生
* 絕世超倫 / 绝世超伦
* 絕倫超群 / 绝伦超群
* 葉公超 / 叶公超
* 賣超 / 卖超
* 超世之才
* 超世拔俗
* 超世絕俗 / 超世绝俗
* 超世絕倫 / 超世绝伦
* 超乎 (chāohū)
* 超乘
* 超人 (chāorén)
* 超人論 / 超人论
* 超今冠古
* 超今絕古 / 超今绝古
* 超今越古
* 超以象外
* 超伍
* 超低溫 / 超低温 (chāodīwēn)
* 超俗拔群
* 超俗絕世 / 超俗绝世
* 超倫 / 超伦
* 超儲 / 超储
* 超凡 (chāofán)
* 超凡入聖 / 超凡入圣 (chāofánrùshèng)
* 超凡出世
* 超出 (chāochū)
* 超前絕後 / 超前绝后
* 超升 (chāoshēng)
* 超卓 (chāozhuó)
* 超博士
* 超原子 (chāoyuánzǐ)
* 越古超今
* 超固態 / 超固态 (chāogùtài)
* 超塵出俗 / 超尘出俗 (chāochénchūsú)
* 超塵拔俗 / 超尘拔俗 (chāochénbású)
* 超媒體 / 超媒体 (chāoméitǐ)
* 超子 (chāozǐ)
* 超導電性 / 超导电性
* 超導體 / 超导体 (chāodǎotǐ)
* 超巨星 (chāojùxīng)
* 超度 (chāodù)
* 超引力子 (chāoyǐnlìzǐ)
* 超強 / 超强
* 超心理學 / 超心理学 (chāoxīnlǐxué)
* 超忽
* 超感覺 / 超感觉
* 超我 (chāowǒ)
* 超手遊廊 / 超手游廊
* 超拔 (chāobá)
* 超支 (chāozhī)
* 超收 (chāoshōu)
* 超文本 (chāowénběn)
* 超新星 (chāoxīnxīng)
* 超智
* 超格
* 超次
* 越次超倫 / 越次超伦
* 超深水港
* 超渡
* 超烘
* 超然 (chāorán)
* 超然不群
* 超然內閣 / 超然内阁
* 超然物外 (chāoránwùwài)
* 超然獨立 / 超然独立
* 超然獨處 / 超然独处
* 超然絕俗 / 超然绝俗
* 超然自引
* 超然自得
* 超然自逸
* 超然臺 / 超然台
* 超然遠引 / 超然远引
* 超然遠舉 / 超然远举
* 超然邁倫 / 超然迈伦
* 超生 (chāoshēng)
* 超短波 (chāoduǎnbō)
* 超等 (chāoděng)
* 超級 / 超级 (chāojí)
* 超級市場 / 超级市场 (chāojí shìchǎng)
* 超級強國 / 超级强国
* 超級瑪琍 / 超级玛琍
* 超級颱風 / 超级台风
* 超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
* 超絕群倫 / 超绝群伦
* 超編 / 超编 (chāobiān)
* 超群 (chāoqún)
* 超群出眾 / 超群出众
* 超群拔類 / 超群拔类
* 超群絕倫 / 超群绝伦
* 超群脫俗 / 超群脱俗
* 超群越輩 / 超群越辈
* 超群軼類 / 超群轶类
* 超聲波 / 超声波 (chāoshēngbō)
* 超能力 (chāonénglì)
* 超脫 / 超脱 (chāotuō)
* 超自然 (chāozìrán)
* 超虧 / 超亏
* 超詣 / 超诣
* 超貸 / 超贷
* 超越 (chāoyuè)
* 超超玄箸
* 超距
* 超車 / 超车 (chāochē)
* 超軼絕塵 / 超轶绝尘
* 超載 / 超载 (chāozài)
* 超辰
* 超速 (chāosù)
* 超逸 (chāoyì)
* 超逸絕塵 / 超逸绝尘
* 超過 / 超过 (chāoguò)
* 超遙 / 超遥
* 超遷 / 超迁 (chāoqiān)
* 超邁絕倫 / 超迈绝伦
* 超重 (chāozhòng)
* 超重力子 (chāozhònglìzǐ)
* 超階越次 / 超阶越次
* 超音波 (chāoyīnbō)
* 超音速 (chāoyīnsù)
* 超頻 / 超频 (chāopín)
* 超額 / 超额 (chāo'é)
* 超額貸款 / 超额贷款
* 超高頻 / 超高频
* 超齡 / 超龄 (chāolíng)
* 軼類超群 / 轶类超群
* 逸世超群
* 遠超過 / 远超过
* 高超 (gāochāo)
* 鮑超 / 鲍超

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 瞧?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ciu$^1$
*** Yale: chīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

超
* (Cantonese) eye (only used in some idiomatic expressions)
* (Cantonese, colloquial) sunglasses; shades (Classifier: 副 c)
** 2023, 麥世龍, 隱形戰隊 [The Invisibles]‎, episode 4, spoken by 邢風 (劉穎鏇 [Tiffany Lau]):
       nei$^5$ fu$^3$ ciu$^1$ mai$^6$ hai$^2$ dou$^6$ lo$^1$! [Jyutping]
       Your shades are right there!
* (Cantonese) to glare

##### Synonyms

* (sunglasses):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 墨鏡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 墨鏡, 太陽眼鏡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 墨鏡, 太陽眼鏡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 墨鏡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 墨鏡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 墨鏡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 墨鏡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 墨斯眼鏡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 太陽鏡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 墨鏡, 墨超, 盲公鏡 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 太陽眼鏡, 黑超, 墨超, 超, 墨鏡 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 盲公鏡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 烏目鏡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 烏目鏡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黑眼鏡, 黑墨鏡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏晶目鏡, 烏目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 烏目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 眼光鏡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 烏晶目鏡, 烏目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 烏仁的 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 太陽目鏡, 烏目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 烏仁目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 烏目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 烏仁目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 烏仁目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 烏仁的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 烏仁目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 烏仁的 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 烏仁目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 烏仁目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 烏目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 烏目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 烏晶目鏡 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 烏目鏡 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 烏目鏡 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 烏目鏡 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 墨鏡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 太陽鏡, 墨鏡, 黑眼鏡 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 太陽眼鏡, 墨鏡 |
| Wu | Danyang | 墨鏡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 太陽眼鏡兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 太陽眼 |

#### Derived terms

* 大細超 / 大细超
* 眼超超
* 順超 / 顺超
* 黑超 (hēichāo)
* 墨超

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “euphemism for 屌?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu$^1$ / ciu$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ciu$^1$ / ciu$^2$
*** Yale: chīu / chíu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu$^1$ / tsiu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qiu$^1$ / qiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

超
* (Cantonese) Interjection of unimpressed dismissal in reply.
       ciu$^2$, jau$^6$ m$^4$ hai$^6$ mei$^6$ heoi$^3$ gwo$^3$. [Jyutping]
       Come on, it's not like I've never been there before.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)
* Kun: こえる (koeru, 超える, Jōyō)、こす (kosu, 超す, Jōyō)

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 超 (MC trhjew).

### Prefix

超(ちょう) • (chō-)
* extra-; hyper-; mega-; meta-; para-; super-; trans-; ultra-
    超(ちょう)音(おん)波(ぱ)
       chōonpa
       ultrasound
* (slang) super; very
    超(ちょう)好(す)き
       chō-suki
       intensely liked
    超(ちょう)キモい
       chō-kimoi
       super disgusting

#### Compounds

* 超越(ちょうえつ) (chōetsu): transcendence
* 超人(ちょうじん) (chōjin): superman, extraordinary person
* 超能力(ちょうのうりょく) (chōnōryoku): psychic power, supernatural power
* 超新星(ちょうしんせい) (chōshinsei): supernova
* 超伝導(ちょうでんどう) (chōdendō): superconductivity
* 超過(ちょうか) (chōka): excess, overrun
* 超臨界(ちょうりんかい) (chōrinkai): (noun) supercritic
* 超臨界水(ちょうりんかいすい) (chōrinkaisui): supercritical water
* 超次元(ちょうじげん) (chōjigen): transdimensional
* 超時間(ちょうじかん) (chōjikan): transtemporal; hypertime
* 超自然(ちょうしぜん) (chōshizen): the supernatural
* 超常(ちょうじょう) (chōjō): the paranormal
* 超音波(ちょうおんぱ) (chōonpa): ultrasound
* 超低周波音(ちょうていしゅうはおん) (chōteishūhaon): infrasound

## Korean
### Hanja

超 (eumhun 뛰어넘을 초 (ttwieoneomeul cho))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

超: Hán Nôm readings: siêu, sêu
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.