越 yuè
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yuè
adverb
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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) -
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) -
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') -
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) -
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) -
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) -
yuè
verb
to transcend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 1b, p. 579) -
yuè
adjective
distant; far away
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 2, p. 579) -
yuè
adjective
impractical; not realistic
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 2a, p. 579) -
yuè
adjective
to dissipate; to disperse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 3, p. 579) -
yuè
verb
to spread widely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '越' 3a, p. 579) -
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) -
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) -
yuè
adjective
superior
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED 1 '越' 4, p. 2018) -
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) -
yuè
verb
to publicise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 宣扬 (Guoyu '越' v 5) -
yuè
proper noun
Yue [surname]
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '越' n 4) -
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
- 中日韩越(中日韓越) China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
- 清越 clear and melodious
- 两越(兩越) the two states of Yue regions
- 超越 to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
- 越发(越發) increasingly; more and more
- 越陷越深 to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc)
- 逾越节(逾越節) Passover (Jewish holiday)
- 时空穿越(時空穿越) time travel
- 越出界线(越出界線) to exceed; to overstep the limit
- 超越数(超越數) transcendental number
- 跨越式 breakthrough; going beyond; leap-forward; unusual new development
- 越界 to cross a border; to overstep a bound
- 横越(橫越) to cross; to pass over; to traverse; trans-
- 越狱(越獄) to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
- 越权(越權) to go beyond one's authority; arrogation
- 越裳 Yuechang people
- 秘色越器 Hidden Color Yue Ware
- 越窑(越窯) Yue yao; Yue Kiln
- 越鸟巢南枝(越鳥巢南枝) the bird from Yüeh nests on the Southern branch
- 越城岭(越城嶺) Yuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
- 越剧(越劇) Shaoxing opera
- 优越(優越) superior
- 攀越 to climb over; to get over (difficulties); to scale; to surmount
- 越冬 to pass the winter; to hibernate
- 踰越 to surpass
- 内在超越(內在超越) inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
- 越南佛教 Buddhism in Vietnam
- 越演越烈 to be intensifying; to be getting worse and worse; to start to run rampant
- 不越雷池 not overstepping the prescribed limits; to remain within bounds
- 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
- 越南 Vietnam
- 越席 to leave one's seat
- 越野跑 cross country running
- 越野 cross country
- 翻越 to cross; to surmount; to transcend
- 越轨(越軌) to run off the track; to step out of line; to overstep the bounds of propriety
- 越境 to jump across a border; to sneak in or out of a country
- 越橘 cowberry; blue berry
- 杀人越货(殺人越貨) to kill somebody for his property; to murder for money
- 蹿房越脊(躥房越脊) to leap the house and cross the roofridge
Also contained in
卓越网 、 沙捞越 、 越州 、 东越 、 越城区 、 骆越 、 越南民主共和国 、 盘越国 、 于越 、 百越
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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