超ciu1過gwo3

English

1. to surpass
2. to be over; to be more than; to exceed; to surpass; to outstrip
3. to exceed
4. to outstrip

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 多過某個數量；超出某個標準

Examples

• 超過上限

  to exceed the maximum

• 超過一千人參加今日嘅比賽。

  Over 1000 people participated in today's competition.

• 呢隻唱片嘅銷量已經超過十萬張。

  The sales of the album has already exceeded 100,000 copies.

• 世界上有超過八十萬人講巴斯克文。

  There are over 800,000 Basque speakers in the world.

  Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

• 最大型嗰本英文字典收錄咗超過四十五萬個字。

  The largest English dictionary has over 450,000 words.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 喺Facebook每一秒都有超過一萬個訊息發出。

  Over ten thousand messages are sent every second on Facebook.

  Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

• 據估計，廿一世紀初嘅世界有超過 7,000 種語言咁多，不過大部份嘅語言都仲未畀學界詳細噉紀錄低。

  It is estimated that there are as many as 7,000 languages ​​in the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century, however most of them have not been documented in detail by the academic community.

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 皮背龜係世界上最大嘅龜，佢哋嘅長超過兩米，而重超過四百公斤，但係佢哋冇好似大部分龜噉有硬啲嘅保護殼。

  Leatherbacks are the world’s largest turtles. They can grow more than two meters long and weigh more than four-hundred kilograms. But they do not have hard, protective shells like most turtles. Their backs are covered with oily, ribbed skin.

  Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY