越……越……

越……越……

Chinese

		to 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
simp. and trad. (越……越……)		越	…	…	越	…	…

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè...yuè...

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ... ㄩㄝˋ ...

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶...jyut⁶...

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuè...yuè...
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ... ㄩㄝˋ ...
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh...yueh...
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯œ⁵¹ ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶...jyut⁶...
    • Yale: yuht...yuht...
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹...jyt⁹...
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶...yud⁶...
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² jyːt̚² /

Adverb

越……越……

1. the ... the ...

   中文越學越有意思。 [MSC, trad.]
   中文越学越有意思。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngwén yuè xué yuè yǒu yìsi. [Pinyin]

   The more one learns Chinese, the more interesting it gets.

   我越想越覺得傷心。 [MSC, trad.]
   我越想越觉得伤心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yuè xiǎng yuè jiàode shāngxīn. [Pinyin]

   The more I think, the sadder I feel.

   佢越食越肥。 [Cantonese]  ―  Keoi⁵ jyut⁶ sik⁶ jyut⁶ fei⁴. [Jyutping]  ―  He gets fatter the more he eats.