越……越……
Chinese
editto exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more |
to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more | |||
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simp. and trad. (越……越……) |
越 | …… | 越 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut6...jyut6...
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍t...oa̍t...
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8yoq 8yoq; 8yuq 8yuq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ... ㄩㄝˋ ...
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuè...yuè...
- Wade–Giles: yüeh4...-yüeh4...
- Yale: ywè-...-ywè-...
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh...yueh...
- Palladius: юэ...юэ... (jue...jue...)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyut6...jyut6...
- Yale: yuht...yuht...
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyt9...jyt9...
- Guangdong Romanization: yud6...yud6...
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːt̚² jyːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t...oa̍t...
- Tâi-lô: ua̍t...ua̍t...
- IPA (Xiamen): /uat̚⁴ uat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Adverb
edit越……越……
- the more ... (the more); more and more
- 埋怨對於我們毫無益處,埋怨越多越痛苦,埋怨越少越快樂。 [MSC, trad.]
- Máiyuàn duìyú wǒmen háowú yìchù, máiyuàn yuè duō yuè tòngkǔ, máiyuàn yuè shǎo yuè kuàilè. [Pinyin]
- Complaining is of no benefit to us. The more we complain, the more painful it gets — the less we complain, the happier we feel.
埋怨对于我们毫无益处,埋怨越多越痛苦,埋怨越少越快乐。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
editDialectal synonyms of 越……越…… (“the more ... , the more ...”) [map]