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粤

Yuè

Character Traditional 粵

What 粤 means

1. Cantonese
2. short name for Guangdong {广东|Guǎng dōng}

Example sentences

• 我听不懂同学说的粤语。
  Wǒ tīngbudǒng tóngxué shuō de Yuèyǔ.
  I cannot understand my school mate's Cantonese.
• 比起普通话歌，我更喜欢粤语歌。
  Bǐqǐ pǔtōnghuà gē, wǒ gèng xǐhuan Yuèyǔ gē.
  I like Cantonese music more than Mandarin music.

Words starting with 粤

• 粤语Yuè yǔCantonese language
• 粤菜Yuè càiCantonese cuisine
• 粤海Yuè HǎiGuangdong-Hainan
• 粤剧Yuè jùCantonese opera
• 粤拼Yuè pīnJyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems; abbr. of 粤语拼音
• 粤绣Yuè xiùGuangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery…
• 粤汉铁路Yuè Hàn Tiě lùCanton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the…
• 粤语拼音Yuè yǔ Pīn yīnCantonese romanization; Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems
• 粤港澳大湾区Yuè Gǎng Ào Dà wān QūGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong…

Words containing 粤

• 闽粤Mǐn YuèFujian and Guangdong
• 百粤Bǎi YuèBaiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups; also written 百越
• 川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huīthe cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui…

Characters that look like 粤

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

• 鲁lǔ(bound form) crass; stupid; rude
• 尊zūnsenior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 兽shòubeast; animal; beastly
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 幂mì(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
• 萼ècalyx of a flower

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
• 岳wife's parents and paternal uncles
• 瀹to cleanse; to boil
• 乐music
• 玥pearl used in sacrifice
• 钺battle-ax
• 籥flute; key