📘 Lernkarte #2699 — 越 (yuè)
#2699 PINYIN
🔤 Basic Data
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Hanzi: 越
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Pinyin: yuè
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IPA: [ɥyɛ̂]
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Tone: 🟣 4
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Meaning: more; increasingly; to exceed
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Semantic class: adverb / verb (degree, comparison)
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HSK: 2
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Frequency: extremely high (daily speech)
⭐ Core Meaning
EN:
越 (yuè) means more and more / increasingly when used as an adverb, and to exceed / go beyond as a verb.
Most commonly used in the pattern 越…越… (“the more…, the more…”).
DE:
越 (yuè) bedeutet immer mehr / zunehmend oder übertreffen / überschreiten.
Am häufigsten im Muster 越…越… („je …, desto …“).
➡️ 越 = going beyond → increasing degree
🔗 Common Collocations & Patterns
| Hanzi | Pinyin | English | Deutsch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 越来越… | yuè lái yuè… | more and more… | immer … |
| 越大越好 | yuè dà yuè hǎo | the bigger the better | je größer, desto besser |
| 越快越好 | yuè kuài yuè hǎo | the faster the better | je schneller, desto besser |
| 越想越… | yuè xiǎng yuè… | the more one thinks, the more… | je mehr man denkt, desto … |
| 超越 | chāoyuè | surpass | übertreffen |
🇬🇧 ENGLISH — Full Explanation (with Pinyin)
越 (yuè) is a core grammar word for expressing increasing degree.
Typical usage
increasing change
天气越来越冷。
Tiānqì yuè lái yuè lěng.
The weather is getting colder and colder.
cause–effect pattern
你越努力，越成功。
Nǐ yuè nǔlì, yuè chénggōng.
The harder you work, the more successful you become.
exceed
他的成绩超过了去年的水平。
Tā de chéngjì chāoyuè le qùnián de shuǐpíng.
His results exceeded last year’s level.
⚠️ Usage notes (EN)
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very common spoken grammar word
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often paired with adjectives or verbs
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越…越… = fixed comparative pattern
🇩🇪 DEUTSCH — Erklärung (mit Pinyin)
越 (yuè) wird verwendet, um Steigerung oder Zunahme auszudrücken.
Typische Verwendung
Steigerung
他越来越忙。
Tā yuè lái yuè máng.
Er wird immer beschäftigter.
Vergleich
这件事越早越好。
Zhè jiàn shì yuè zǎo yuè hǎo.
Je früher, desto besser.
⚠️ Hinweis (DE)
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sehr wichtiges Grammatikwort
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nicht mit 更 (noch mehr) verwechseln
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extrem häufig im Alltag
🌟 COMPARISON — 越 vs similar words
| Meaning | Pinyin | Hanzi | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| more & more | yuè | 越 | comparative pattern |
| even more | gèng | 更 | simple increase |
| most | zuì | 最 | superlative |
| exceed | chāo | 超 | verb, exceed |
| already | yǐjīng | 已经 | time marker |
01｜Syllable Analysis — yuè
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yuè — IPA [ɥyɛ̂] — Tone 4
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falling tone → sense of crossing a boundary
02｜Mnemonics — 越
| Category | EN | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning link | go beyond | überschreiten |
| Tone link | falling = crossing | Grenze |
| Visual | arrow rising higher | Pfeil nach oben |
| Memory tip | “the more you go, the more it changes” | „je mehr, desto…“ |
03｜Didactic Summary — 越
| Focus | EN | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | more / increasingly | immer mehr |
| Usage | comparison | Vergleich |
| Tone | 4th | 4. Ton |
| Register | neutral | neutral |
| Frequency | extremely high | extrem hoch |