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越
yuè
越 (yuè) means "to exceed; to surpass; the more...". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.
What 越 means
- to exceed
- to climb over
- to surpass
- the more... the more
Other readings
Example sentences
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禁止跨越。Jìnzhǐ kuàyuè.No leaping over.
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越快越好。The sooner, the better.
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越多越好。The more, the better.
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云越来越黑。The clouds are getting darker.
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越来越黑了。It's getting darker and darker.
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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
Where 越 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 17 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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- How characters are built from components.
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