IDENTITY
越yuèto cross; the more... the more...
HSK 3Top 200
CORE MEANING
to cross; the more... the more...
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.the more... the more...HSK3
- 2.to cross; to exceedHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 走walk radical (zǒu)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿺走戉
- walking
- gives the sound yuè
USAGE
Common words
越来越yuè lái yuèmore and more
超越chāoyuèto surpass
Graded examples
天气越来越热。Tiānqì yuè lái yuè rè.HSK3
The weather is getting hotter and hotter.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Walking (走) beyond with a halberd (戉) — crossing over; exceeding.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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