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)

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• 越城岭(越城嶺) Yuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
• 越瓜 snake melon
• 越橘 cowberry; blue berry
• 蔓越莓 cranberry
• 知识越多越反动(知識越多越反動) the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary
• 超越论(超越論) transcendentalism
• 越帮越忙(越幫越忙) to be officious; to kibitz; to be meddlesome; to force one's help upon
• 攀越 to climb over; to get over (difficulties); to scale; to surmount
• 不可逾越 impassable; insurmountable; insuperable
• 中日韩越(中日韓越) China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
• 越侨(越僑) Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China)
• 越南刺鳑鲏(越南刺鰟鮍) Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp)
• 越障 to surmount obstacles; assault course for training troops
• 跨越 to step across; to step over
• 越南盾 Vietnamese dong (currency)
• 越王勾践(越王勾踐) King Gou Jian of Yue
• 卓越 excellent; splendid
• 越席 to leave one's seat
• 不越雷池 not overstepping the prescribed limits; to remain within bounds
• 定向越野 cross-country orienteering
• 越过(越過) to cross
• 秘色越器 Hidden Color Yue Ware
• 超越哲学(超越哲學) transcendental philosophy
• 优越(優越) superior
• 越国(越國) Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods
• 吴越同舟(吳越同舟) Wu and Yue in the same boat; cooperation between natural rivals; to collaborate towards a common end
• 杀人越货(殺人越貨) to kill somebody for his property; to murder for money
• 越职(越職) to exceed one's authority; to go beyond the bounds of one's job
• 越剧(越劇) Shaoxing opera
• 越权(越權) to go beyond one's authority; arrogation
• 越野车(越野車) off-road vehicle; all terrain vehicle; sport utility vehicle
• 内在超越(內在超越) inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
• 两越(兩越) the two states of Yue regions
• 胡越 Hu and Yue peoples ; a large distance apart ; a calamity
• 外在超越 outer transcendence (perfection through the agency of God)
• 越狱犯(越獄犯) escaped prisoner
• 越野 cross country
• 优越感(優越感) feeling of one's own superiority
• 越光米 Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)
• 穿越剧(穿越劇) time travel series (on TV)
• 越语(越語) Vietnamese
• 逾越 to exceed

Also contained in

中越战争 、 和集百越 、 东越 、 越飞 、 越城 、 越南战争 、 越西 、 吴越春秋 、 沙捞越

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• 卷五十九 列傳第二十九 汝南王亮 楚王瑋 趙王倫 齊王冏 長沙王乂 成都王潁 河間王顒 東海王越 Volume 59 Biographies 29: Liang, Prince Wencheng of Ru'nan; Wei, Prince Yin of Chu; Lun, Prince of Zhao; Jiong, Prince of Qi; Ai, Prince of Changsha; Ying, Prince of Chengdu; Yong, Prince of Hejian; Yue, Prince Xiaoxian of Donghai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 72
• 卷一百七十一 列傳第五十九 王驥 徐有貞 楊善 王越 Volume 171 Biographies 59: Wang Ji, Xu Youzhen, Yang Shan, Wang Yue History of Ming 明史 — count: 71
• 《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
• 卷六十一 列傳第三十一 周浚 成公簡 苟晞 華軼 劉喬 Volume 61 Biographies 31: Zhou Jun; Cheng Gongjian; Gou Xi; Hua Die; Liu Qiao Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 38
• 卷七 越絕外傳記范伯第八　越絕內傳陳成恒第九 Scroll 7 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 36