越 yuè
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adverb
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Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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 (Sun 2006, loc. 2089). -
proper noun
Vietnam
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Country 国家
Notes: Short form for 越南. -
verb
to get over
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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foreign
yue
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
Contained in
- 穿越剧(穿越劇) time travel series (on TV)
- 越狱犯(越獄犯) escaped prisoner
- 越权(越權) to go beyond one's authority / arrogation
- 翻山越岭(翻山越嶺) to pass over mountains and crossing ridges
- 越野跑 cross country running
- 越过(越過) to cross
- 定向越野 cross-country orienteering
- 越雉 Chinese francolin
- 横越(橫越) to cross / to pass over / to traverse / trans-
- 越南刺鳑鲏(越南刺鰟鮍) Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp)
- 越职(越職) to exceed one's authority / to go beyond the bounds of one's job
- 杀人越货(殺人越貨) to kill somebody for his property / to murder for money
- 越礼(越禮) to overstep etiquette / not to observe priorities
- 逾越 to exceed
- 飞越(飛越) to fly across
- 越鸟巢南枝(越鳥巢南枝) the bird from Yüeh nests on the Southern branch
- 巴山越岭(巴山越嶺) to climb hills and pass over mountains / to cross mountain after mountain
- 越王勾践(越王勾踐) King Gou Jian of Yue
- 越发(越發) increasingly / more and more
- 越冬 to pass the winter / to hibernate
- 越轨(越軌) to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety
- 越侨(越僑) Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China)
- 超越数(超越數) transcendental number
- 蔓越莓 cranberry
- 越_越_ as ... then ...
- 越野车(越野車) off-road vehicle / all terrain vehicle / sport utility vehicle
- 穿越时空(穿越時空) to travel through time
- 蹿房越脊(躥房越脊) to leap the house and cross the roofridge
Also contained in
北欝单越 、 盘越国 、 宁越 、 卓越网 、 越南战争 、 越南战争 、 尸迦罗越 、 尸迦罗越六方礼经 、 越蹉国 、 吴越春秋 、 越州窑 、 骆越 、 越西 、 越西县 、 旃陀越国王经 、 郁单越 、 越光宝盒 、 越南民主共和国 、 南越 、 郁单越 、 北郁单越
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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: 62
- 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
- 卷三十四 韓彭英盧吳傳 Volume 34: Han, Peng, Ying, Lu and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 44
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 40
- 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
- 《魏豹彭越列傳》 Biographies of Wei Bao and Peng Yue Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 33
- 卷六十 列傳第三十 解系 孫旂 孟觀 牽秀 繆播 皇甫重 張輔 李含 張方 閻鼎 索靖 賈疋 Volume 60 Biographies 30: Xie Xi; Sun Qi; Meng Guan; Qian Xiu; Miao Bo; Zhang Fu; Li Han; Zhang Fang; Yan Ding; Suo Jing; Jia Pi Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 29