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岳

yuè

HSK 6 Character

What 岳 means

1. wife's parents and paternal uncles

Other readings

岳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yuèhigh mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge
• Yuèsurname Yue
• Yuèsurname Yue

Example sentences

• 我要去爬北岳。
  Wǒ yào qù pá Běiyuè.
  I'm going to climb Mt. Kitadake.
• 她是我的岳母。
  She is my mother-in-law.
• 你曾爬过枪岳吗?
  Nǐ céng pá guo Qiāng Yuè ma?
  Have you ever climbed Mt. Yari?
• 法迪尔很烦岳母介入他和丹妮亚的关系。
  Fadil was tired of his mother-in-law coming in between he and Dania.

Words starting with 岳

• 岳父yuè fùwife's father, father-in-law
• 岳母yuè mǔwife's mother, mother-in-law
• 岳飞Yuè FēiYue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
• 岳阳楼Yuè yáng LóuYueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖…
• 岳丈yuè zhàngfather-in-law (wife's father)
• 岳家yuè jiāwife's parents' home
• 岳池县Yuè chí XiànYuechi, a county in Guang'an City 广安市
• 岳西县Yuè xī XiànYuexi, a county in Anqing City 安庆市
• 岳阳市Yuè yáng ShìYueyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 岳阳县Yuè yáng XiànYueyang, a county in Yueyang City 岳阳市
• 岳普湖县Yuè pǔ hú XiànYopurga, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市
• 岳阳楼区Yuè yáng lóu QūYueyanglou, a district of Yueyang City 岳阳市
• 岳阳楼记Yuè yáng Lóu JìOn Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹
• 岳得尔歌yuè dé ěr gēto yodel
• 岳塘区Yuè táng QūYuetang, a district of Xiangtan City 湘潭市
• 岳麓山Yuè lù ShānMt Yuelu in Changsha 长沙
• 岳麓区Yuè lù QūYuelu, a district of Changsha City 长沙市
• 岳麓书院Yuè lù Shū yuànYuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy
• 岳阳Yuè yángsee 岳阳市; see 岳阳县
• 岳池Yuè chísee 岳池县
• 岳西Yuè xīsee 岳西县
• 岳普湖Yuè pǔ húsee 岳普湖县
• 岳塘Yuè tángsee 岳塘区
• 岳麓Yuè lùsee 岳麓区

Words containing 岳

• 五岳Wǔ yuèFive Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山
• 南岳Nán yuèNanyue district of Hengyang city 衡阳市; Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred…
• 中岳Zhōng yuèMt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳
• 北岳Běi yuèMt Heng 恒山
• 叔岳shū yuèwife's uncle
• 山岳shān yuèmountain; hill; lofty mountain
• 东岳Dōng yuèMt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳
• 潘岳Pān YuèPan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安
• 西岳Xī yuèMt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳
• 南岳区Nán yuè QūNanyue, a district of Hengyang City 衡阳市
• 安岳县Ān yuè XiànAnyue, a county in Ziyang City 资阳市
• 雪岳山Xuě yuè ShānSeoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea
• 说岳全传Shuō Yuè Quán zhuàn"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飞
• 张飞打岳飞Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēilit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei; fig. an impossible combination…
• 岱岳区Dài yuè QūDaiyue, a district of Tai'an City 泰安市
• 渊渟岳峙yuān tíng yuè zhì(idiom) to have a serene yet formidable demeanor; to have a commanding presence
• 周一岳Zhōu Yī yuèYork Chow or Chow Yat-ngok (1947-), Hong Kong doctor and politician, Secretary for…
• 安岳Ān yuèsee 安岳县
• 岱岳Dài yuèsee 岱岳区

Characters that look like 岳

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 轰hōngexplosion; bang; boom
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 昼zhòudaytime
• 蚤zǎoflea

Sounds the same

Read yuè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 月moon; month; monthly
• 越to exceed; to climb over; to surpass
• 阅to inspect; to review; to read
• 钥key; also pr. yào
• 跃to jump; to leap
• 悦pleased
• 粤Cantonese; short name for Guangdong 广东
• 瀹to cleanse; to boil
• 乐music
• 玥pearl used in sacrifice
• 钺battle-ax
• 籥flute; key