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越 (jyut6) — exceed; overstep; go beyond in Cantonese

jyutˍ₆越
Mandarin Pinyin: yue4

Meaning of 越

nounexceed; overstep; go beyond
nounclimb over; jump across; pass through
nouneast Zhejiang province
nouneven more; the more ... the more
nounplunder; pillage
nounstate of Yue in the Zhou dynasty
nounabbr. for Vietnam

Example Sentences with 越

我越老越冇記性。
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!
tou˗₃套hei˗₃戲gongˊ²講jyutˍ₆越juk6.獄。
That movie is about a prison break.
gei˗₃計waakˍ₆劃jyutˍ₆越juk6.獄。
Planning a prison break.
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Words Containing 越

海越仔hoi2 jyut6 zai2
boat dwellers
越野賽跑jyut6 je5 coi3 paau2
a cross-country race
越野賽車jyut6 je5 coi3 ce1
an off-road racing / rally
越南華僑jyut6 naam4 waa4 kiu4
Hoa (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)
越窮越見鬼jyut6 kung4 jyut6 gin3 gwai2
when one is in bad luck it just seems to get worse
越幫越忙jyut6 bong1 jyut6 mong4
making things worse (lit., "the more help one gets, the busier he becomes")
越早越好jyut6 zou2 jyut6 hou2
the earlier the better
蔓越莓maan6 jyut6 mui2
a cranberry
越戰jyut6 zin3
the Vietnam War
飛越fei1 jyut6
to fly across/over/past; (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar
越南話jyut6 naam4 waa2
Vietnamese (language)
逾越jyu4 jyut6
exceed; to go beyond (a norm; propriety;... )

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