HSK 3 · Adjectives

越 yuè “even more” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 越 means

  1. even more
  2. the more
  3. exceed
  4. to climb over
  5. to surpass
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • the more… the more
  • generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods

How to say 越

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale越yuè4th tone, falling

越 in a sentence

  1. 雨越下越大。

    Yǔ yuè xià yuè dà.

    It’s raining harder and harder.

    Sentence #11837778 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你看的书越多，你知道的越多。

    Nǐ kàn de shū yuè duō, nǐ zhīdao de yuè duō.

    The more books you read, the more you know.

    Sentence #336486 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 天气越来越热。

    Tiānqì yuèláiyuè rè.

    It’s getting hotter and hotter.

    Sentence #1582757 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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.

How to write 越

越 12 strokes

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越 (yuè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 越 (yuè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 越

Words with 越

越来越yuèláiyuè · more and more超越chāoyuè · to surpass优越yōuyuè · superior卓越zhuóyuè · outstanding穿越chuānyuè · to pass through

More words: Adjectives

瘦shòu · thin特别tèbié · special新鲜xīnxiān · fresh experience有名yǒumíng · famous长zhǎng · to grow重要zhòngyào · important主要zhǔyào · main不同bùtóng · different

FAQs

越 (yuè) means “even more” or “the more”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it yuè: yuè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 越 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 越 from the suggestions. Typing yue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
越 is an HSK 3 word in the 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.