HSK 3.0 Band 3 list · Adverbs

越来越 yuèláiyuè “more and more” in Chinese

Traditional 越來越

What 越来越 means

  1. more and more

How to say 越来越

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale越yuè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale来lái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale越yuè4th tone, falling

越来越 in a sentence

  1. 天气越来越热。

    Tiānqì yuèláiyuè rè.

    It’s getting hotter and hotter.

    Sentence #1582757 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 蔬菜越来越贵了。

    Shūcài yuèláiyuè guì le.

    Vegetables are getting more and more expensive.

    Sentence #10206414 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 越来越黑了。

    Yuèláiyuè hēi le.

    It’s getting darker and darker.

    Sentence #759366 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 越来越 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 越 (yuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
越yuèto exceed
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 戉halberd · yuèSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 戉 (yuè) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuè.

The character 来 (lái) with each of its parts in a different colour
来láito come
  • 未part of the character
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

Memory aidDrawn from a stalk of wheat. It was borrowed early on for “to come”.

The character 越 (yuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
越yuèto exceed
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 戉halberd · yuèSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 戉 (yuè) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuè.

How to write 越来越

越 12 strokes · 来 7 strokes

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越来越 (yuèláiyuè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 越来越 (yuèláiyuè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 越来越

Words with 越

越yuè · even more超越chāoyuè · to surpass优越yōuyuè · superior卓越zhuóyuè · outstanding穿越chuānyuè · to pass through

Words with 来

来lái · to come出来chūlái · to come out过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return进来jìnlái · to come in上来shànglái · to come up下来xiàlai · to come down后来hòulái · afterwards起来qǐlai · beginning or continuing an action带来dàilái · to bring (about)

More words: Adverbs & Degree

刚刚gānggāng · just now就要jiùyào · about to只是zhǐshì · only总zǒng · always看来kànlái · it seems更加gèngjiā · even more共gòng · altogether实际上shíjìshàng · in fact

FAQs

越来越 (yuèláiyuè) means “more and more”. It is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list.
Say it yuèláiyuè: yuè with a 4th tone, then lái with a 2nd tone, then yuè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 越来越 is written 越來越. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuelaiyue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 越来越 from the suggestions. Typing yuelaiyue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
越来越 is not listed as a separate word in the official 2021 HSK 3.0 syllabus, but it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.