越
yuèTraditional: 越
#1167 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to exceed; the more (in 越...越...)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the run radical marking motion and a phonetic element. It means to step over or exceed, and forms the more...the more pattern.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 走 (run) + 戉 (yuè, phonetic)
Stroke order
越
Examples
。
The more he spoke, the faster he went.
雨。
The rain fell harder and harder.
墙。
He climbed over that wall.
。
The weather is getting colder and colder.
勿。
Please do not cross the line.
越 (yuè) means to exceed or cross over, and drives the 越...越... pattern meaning the more, the more.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 越.
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