越 (jyut6 | yue4) : climb over; exceed, overstep; even more

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越

jyut6

yue4

[1] [v] climb over; jump across; pass through
[2] [v] exceed; overstep; go beyond
[3] [adv] even more; the more ... the more
[4] [v] [literary] plunder; pillage
[5] [n] state of Yue in the Zhou dynasty
[6] [n] east Zhejiang province

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#156)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

越

This word has been viewed 12544 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Mar 2014 08:05

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穿越 cyun1 jyut6 chuan1 yue4 = pass through

越語 jyut6 jyu5 yue4 yu3 = Vietnamese language

越南 jyut6 naam4 yue4 nan2 = Vietnam / Viet Nam

越來越 jyut6 loi4/lai4/lei4 jyut6 yue4 lai2 yue4 = becoming more and more

越嚟越 jyut6 lai4/lei4 jyut6 = getting more and more 粵

越過 jyut6 gwo3 yue4 guo4 = to overcome

越冬 jyut6 dung1 yue4 dong1 = to pass the winter

優越 jau1 jyut6 you1 yue4 = superior; superiority

卓越 coek3 jyut6 zhuo2 yue4 = outstanding

超越 ciu1 jyut6 chao1 yue4 = surpass; overstep
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Showing all 3 examples containing 越

我越老越冇記性。粵
As I get older, I get more forgetful.

你越做越自然。
The more you do it, the more natural it will become.

請勿超越黃線!
Please stand behind the yellow line!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Unicode code for this character: U+8d8a (off-site link)

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