越 yuè

1. yuè adverb more
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Used in 越A越B constructions to mean as A increases so B increases. Examples, 越过越好 as time passes things get better, 越来越多 more and more, etc (Guoyu '越' adv; Kroll 2015 '越' 5, p. 579; NCCED 1 '越' 5, p. 2018; Sun 2006, loc. 2089; Unihan '越'; XHZD '越' 3, p. 930)
2. yuè adjective at a high pitch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 悠扬 (Guoyu '越' adj; Kroll 2015 '越' 1c, p. 579; NCCED 1 '越' 6, p. 2018; XHZD '越' 2, p. 930)
3. yuè verb to exceed; to leap; to skip
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 超出 (CC-CEDICT '越'; Guoyu '越' v 3; Kroll 2015 '越' 1a, p. 579; NCCED 1 '越' 3, p. 2018; Unihan '越')
4. yuè verb to cross; to go past; to jump over
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 度过 (CC-CEDICT '越'; Guoyu '越' v 1; Kroll 2015 '越' 1, p. 579; NCCED 1 '越' 1, p. 2018; XHZD '越' 1, p. 930)
5. yuè verb to grab; to plunder; to snatch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED 1 '越' 7, p. 2018; XHZD '越' 4, p. 930)
6. yuè proper noun Yue [state]
   Domain: History 历史
   Notes: A historic state (Guoyu '越' n 2; Kroll 2015 '越' 6, p. 579; NCCED 2 '越' 1, p. 2018; XHZD '越' 4, p. 930)
7. yuè verb to transcend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 1b, p. 579)
8. yuè adjective distant; far away
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 2, p. 579)
9. yuè adjective impractical; not realistic
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 2a, p. 579)
10. yuè adjective to dissipate; to disperse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 3, p. 579)
11. yuè verb to spread widely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 3a, p. 579)
12. yuè verb to decline; to fall
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 坠落 (Guoyu '越' v 4; Kroll 2015 '越' 4, p. 579)
13. yuè proper noun Yue [peoples]
    Domain: History 历史
    Notes: Also written 粵; a number of peoples that historically inhabited the south and east of China and Vietnam (Guoyu '越' n 1; Kroll 2015 '越' 6a, p. 579)
14. yuè adjective superior
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED 1 '越' 4, p. 2018)
15. yuè proper noun Yue [region]
    Domain: History 历史
    Notes: The area of east Zhejiang (Guoyu '越' n 3; NCCED 2 '越' 2, p. 2018)
16. yuè verb to publicise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 宣扬 (Guoyu '越' v 5)
17. yuè proper noun Yue [surname]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '越' n 4)
18. yuè particle a particle with no meaning
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used at the start of a phrase (Guoyu '越' particle)

Contained in

• 越出界线(越出界線) to exceed; to overstep the limit
• 翻山越岭(翻山越嶺) to pass over mountains and crossing ridges
• 越鸟巢南枝(越鳥巢南枝) the bird from Yüeh nests on the Southern branch
• 越轨(越軌) to run off the track; to step out of line; to overstep the bounds of propriety
• 内在超越(內在超越) inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
• 越南语(越南語) Vietnamese
• 穿越剧(穿越劇) time travel series (on TV)
• 踰越 to surpass
• 越障 to surmount obstacles; assault course for training troops
• 越文 Vietnamese written language; Vietnamese literature
• 越权(越權) to go beyond one's authority; arrogation
• 越狱(越獄) to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
• 越王勾践(越王勾踐) King Gou Jian of Yue
• 越发(越發) increasingly; more and more
• 横越(橫越) to cross; to pass over; to traverse; trans-
• 卓越 excellent; splendid
• 清越 clear and melodious
• 越南刺鳑鲏(越南刺鰟鮍) Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp)
• 越界 to cross a border; to overstep a bound
• 越级(越級) to skip a grade; to bypass ranks; to go over the head of one's boss
• 定向越野 cross-country orienteering
• 逾越 to exceed
• 越瓜 snake melon
• 激越 loud music ; intense
• 穿越时空(穿越時空) to travel through time
• 蔓越莓 cranberry
• 越橘 cowberry; blue berry
• 越陷越深 to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc)
• 腾越(騰越) to jump over; to vault; to soar over
• 时空穿越(時空穿越) time travel
• 越线(越線) to cross a line
• 越国(越國) Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods
• 越光米 Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)
• 越裳 Yuechang people
• 越演越烈 to be intensifying; to be getting worse and worse; to start to run rampant
• 越狱犯(越獄犯) escaped prisoner

Also contained in

越秀区 、 盘越国 、 中越战争 、 百越 、 越城区 、 越共 、 吴越春秋 、 桂北越城岭 、 卓越网 、 越战 、 越光宝盒 、 越绝书 、 越西 、 宁越 、 越州

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• 《越王句踐世家》 House of King Goujian of Yue Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 61
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 52
• 吳語 Discourses of Wu Guoyu 國語 — count: 50
• 卷八 越絕外傳記地傳第十 Scroll 8 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 48
• 卷三十四 韓彭英盧吳傳 Volume 34: Han, Peng, Ying, Lu and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 45
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 39
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