HSK 6 · Adjectives

卓越 zhuóyuè “outstanding” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 卓越 means

  1. outstanding
  2. excellent
  3. remarkable
  4. surpassing
  5. distinguished
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • splendid

How to say 卓越

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale卓zhuó2nd 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

卓越 in a sentence

  1. 他们在不同的领域取得了卓越的成就。

    Tāmen zài bùtóng de lǐngyù qǔdé le zhuóyuè de chéngjiù.

    They have achieved excellent results in different fields.

    Sentence #6111596 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 卓越 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 卓 (zhuó) with each of its parts in a different colour
卓zhuóoutstanding
  • ⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
  • 早early · zǎo
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 卓越

卓 8 strokes · 越 12 strokes

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

Words related to 卓越

Words with 越

越yuè · even more越来越yuèláiyuè · more and more超越chāoyuè · to surpass优越yōuyuè · superior穿越chuānyuè · to pass through

More words: Adjectives

壮烈zhuàngliè · heroic庄严zhuāngyán · solemn庄重zhuāngzhòng · serious主导zhǔdǎo · dominant自发zìfā · spontaneous滋润zīrùn · moist自主zìzhǔ · independent纵横zònghéng · in all directions

FAQs

卓越 (zhuóyuè) means “outstanding” or “excellent”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuóyuè: zhuó 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.
Yes. 卓越 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuoyue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 卓越 from the suggestions. Typing zhuoyue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
卓越 is an HSK 6 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.