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越

yuè
HSK 3
#440 most
frequent character
to exceed, to climb over, to surpass
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

越 joins 走, moving or jogging, with 戉 yuè, which marks the sound. It first meant to cross over. That grew to pass, surmount or exceed, and more. The Vietnam short form was borrowed for its sound.

越 as a component in other characters

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Example Sentences

他越过了这座山。
tā yuèguò le zhè zuò shān 。
He climbed over this mountain.
你的中文越说越流利。
nǐde zhōngwén yuè shuō yuè liúlì 。
Your Chinese is becoming more and more fluent.
她的成绩越高，她的压力越大。
tāde chéngjì yuègāo ， tāde yālì yuè dà 。
The higher her grades, the greater her pressure.

Grammar Points

HSK 3
Expressing "the more... the more..." with "yue… yue…"越…越
HSK 3
Expressing "more and more" with "yuelaiyue"

Words with similar meanings

超越chāoyuè
to surpass
More formal term used for exceeding or surpassing someone or something, often in terms of achievement.
超过chāoguò
to exceed
Direct synonym with similar meaning, often used in a quantitative sense.

Homophones

HSK 1
月yuè
moon, month
悦yuè
pleased
跃yuè
to jump, to leap
岳yuè
wife's parents and paternal uncles
阅yuè
to inspect, to review, to read
乐yuè
music

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Public Lists with 越

HSK 3
All words for the HSK 3 test
Basic Verbs
Core action verbs like 'go,' 'come,' 'eat,' 'see,' commonly encountered in HSK.