# 过头 (guòtóu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 过头 (guòtóu) means “to go too far; to overdo it”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to go too far; to overdo it
- Pinyin: guòtóu (guo4 tou2)
- Traditional: 過頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 你今天的玩笑开得有点过头了。
  Nǐ jīntiān de wánxiào kāi de yǒudiǎn guòtóu le.
  Your joke went a bit too far today.

## Characters

- [过](https://hanziro.com/word/guo-have-done-before/) (guo): (particle) have done before
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/guo-tou-go-too-far/

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