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越

yuè

HSK 3 Character

What 越 means

1. to exceed
2. to climb over
3. to surpass
4. the more... the more

Other readings

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

• Yuègeneric word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical pe

Example sentences

• 禁止跨越。
  Jìnzhǐ kuàyuè.
  No leaping over.
• 越快越好。
  The sooner, the better.
• 越多越好。
  The more, the better.
• 云越来越黑。
  The clouds are getting darker.
• 越来越黑了。
  It's getting darker and darker.
• 雨越下越大。
  The rain is getting heavier.

Words starting with 越

• 越来越yuè lái yuèmore and more
• 越南Yuè nánVietnam
• 越发yuè fāincreasingly; more and more; ever more
• 越过yuè guòto cross over; to transcend; to cover distance
• 越野车yuè yě chēoff-road vehicle
• 越野yuè yěto travel cross-country; to go off-road; (attributive) cross-country; off-road
• 越战Yuè zhànVietnam War (1955-1975)
• 越剧Yuè jùShaoxing opera
• 越狱yuè yùto break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
• 越轨yuè guǐto run off the track; to step out of line; to overstep the bounds of propriety
• 越国Yuè guóYue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different…
• 越冬yuè dōngto pass the winter; to overwinter; to live through the winter
• 越位yuè wèioffside (sports)
• 越共Yuè gòngCommunist Party of Vietnam; Viet Cong
• 越境yuè jìngto cross a border (usually illegally); to sneak in or out of a country
• 越席yuè xíto leave one's seat
• 越式Yuè shìVietnamese-style
• 越文Yuè wénVietnamese written language; Vietnamese literature
• 越权yuè quánto go beyond one's authority; arrogation
• 越界yuè jièto cross a border; to overstep a bound
• 越级yuè jíto skip a grade; to bypass ranks; to go over the head of one's boss
• 越职yuè zhíto exceed one's authority; to go beyond the bounds of one's job
• 越光米Yuè guāng mǐKoshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)
• 越南文Yuè nán wénVietnamese written language; Vietnamese literature

Words containing 越

• 超越chāo yuèto surpass; to exceed; to transcend
• 穿越chuān yuèto traverse; to pass through; to cross
• 卓越zhuó yuèoutstanding; surpassing; distinguished
• 优越yōu yuèsuperior; superiority
• 跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over
• 翻越fān yuèto cross; to surmount; to transcend
• 飞越fēi yuèto fly across; to fly over; to fly past
• 逾越yú yuèto exceed
• 激越jī yuèintense; loud
• 翻山越岭fān shān yuè lǐnglit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
• 吴越Wú Yuèstates of south China in different historical periods; proverbially perpetual arch-enemies
• 跨越式kuà yuè shìbreakthrough; going beyond; leap-forward
• 不可逾越bù kě yú yuèimpassable; insurmountable; insuperable
• 南越Nán YuèSouth Vietnam; South Vietnamese
• 清越qīng yuèclear and melodious
• 北越Běi yuènorthern Vietnam; North Vietnam (1945–1976)
• 中越战争Zhōng Yuè Zhàn zhēngSino-Vietnamese War (1979)
• 超越数chāo yuè shùtranscendental number (math.)
• 内在超越nèi zài chāo yuèinner transcendence…
• 外在超越wài zài chāo yuèouter transcendence (perfection through the agency of God)
• 超越主义chāo yuè zhǔ yìtranscendentalism
• 杀人越货shā rén yuè huòto kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
• 不越雷池bù yuè Léi chínot overstepping the prescribed limits; to remain within bounds
• 穿越剧chuān yuè jùtime-travel drama

Characters that look like 越

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

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 锥zhuīcone; awl; to bore
• 翔xiángto soar; to glide; variant of 详
• 裆dāngcrotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 翎língtail feathers; plume

Sounds the same

Read yuè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 月moon; month; monthly
• 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
• 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