超级 chāojí super-
super-; ultra-; hyper-
How to remember 超级: 超 jump over + 级 grade = super-.
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How it is used
- Super- / ultra-, an intensifier - 超级市场 (chāojí shìchǎng) supermarket, 超级大 super big, 超级喜欢 love it to bits.
- Colloquially very common before adjectives/verbs for emphasis ('super…'); also a formal prefix (超级大国 superpower).
- Casual intensifier use is trendy in spoken Chinese.
Example sentences
- 你打在我手臂上的地方超级痛。 Nǐ dǎ zài wǒ shǒubì shàng de dìfāng chāojí tòng.I have a very sore arm where you hit me.