yuè

the more... the more; to exceed; to surpass

HSK 3 #440

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 440th character
Radical ⾛ (156.5)
Strokes 12
Index # 2514

Definitions

越 yuè
  1. 1. the more... the more
  2. 2. to exceed
  3. 3. to surpass
  4. 4. abbr. for Vietnam yuè nán
  5. 5. to climb over
  6. 6. generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods

Stroke order

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Words containing 越

Word Meaning
to climb over; to scale; to surmount
insurmountable; impassable; insuperable
offside (sports)
to go over the head of one's boss; to bypass ranks
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
Yuexiu, a district of Guangzhou city
breakthrough; going beyond; leap-forward
to pass the winter; to overwinter
to jump over; to vault; to soar over
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
to remain within bounds
China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
the Sino-Vietnamese War, fought between the PRC and Vietnam in 1979
the Sino-Vietnamese War, fought between the PRC and Vietnam in 1979
to overstep one's authority; to usurp
superior; superiority
inner moral self-improvement; inner transcendence
inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
North Vietnam; North Vietnamese
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South Vietnam; South Vietnamese
states of south China in different historical periods
states of south China in different historical periods