# 越……越……
## Chinese

| | | to exceed; to climb over; to surpassto exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more | | to exceed; to climb over; to surpassto exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more |
| simp. and trad. (越……越……) | simp. and trad. (越……越……) | 越 | …… | 越 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuè...yuè...
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ... ㄩㄝˋ ...
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut$^6$...jyut$^6$...
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍t...oa̍t...
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$yoq $^8$yoq; $^8$yuq $^8$yuq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuè...yuè...
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ... ㄩㄝˋ ...
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuè...yuè...
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$...-yüeh$^4$...
*** Yale: ywè-...-ywè-...
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh...yueh...
*** Palladius: юэ...юэ... (jue...jue...)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyut$^6$...jyut$^6$...
*** Yale: yuht...yuht...
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyt$^9$...jyt$^9$...
*** Guangdong Romanization: yud$^6$...yud$^6$...
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːt̚² jyːt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t...oa̍t...
*** Tâi-lô: ua̍t...ua̍t...
*** IPA (Xiamen): /uat̚⁴ uat̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$yoq $^8$yoq; $^8$yuq $^8$yuq
*** MiniDict: yoh$^入$ yoh$^入$; yuih$^入$ yuih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$hhioq $^5$hhioq; $^5$hhyq $^5$hhyq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioʔ¹² ɦioʔ¹²/, /ɦyɪʔ¹² ɦyɪʔ¹²/

### Adverb

越……越……
* the more ... (the more); more and more
       Zhōngwén yuè xué yuè yǒu yìsi. [Pinyin]
       The more one learns Chinese, the more interesting it gets.
       Wǒ yuè xiǎng yuè juéde shāngxīn. [Pinyin]
       The more I think, the sadder I feel.
       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.
       keoi$^5$ jyut$^6$ sik$^6$ jyut$^6$ fei$^4$. [Jyutping]
       He gets fatter the more he eats.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 愈……愈……, 越……越…… |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 越……越…… |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 越……越…… |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 越……越…… |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 越……越…… |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 越……越…… |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 越……越…… |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 越……越…… |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 越……越…… |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 越……越…… |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 越……越…… |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 越……越…… |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 截……截…… |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 越……越…… |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 越……越…… |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 越……越…… |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 越……越……, 越是……越是……, 越發……越發……, 越更……越更…… |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 越……越…… |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 越……越…… |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 越……越…… |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 越……越…… |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 越……越…… |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 越……越…… |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 越……越…… |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 旋……旋……, 唯是……唯是…… |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 越……越…… |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 越……越…… |
| Gan | Nanchang | 越……越…… |
| Gan | Lichuan | 越……越…… |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 越……越…… |
| Hakka | Meixian | 緊……緊……, 越……越…… |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 緊……緊…… |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 緊……緊…… |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 緊……緊…… |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 緊……緊…… |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 緊……緊…… |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 緊……緊…… |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 越……越……, 愈……愈…… |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 越……越…… |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 越……越…… |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 越……越…… |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 越……越…… |
| Jin | Pingyao | 越……越…… |
| Jin | Hohhot | 越……越…… |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 罔……罔…… |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 愈……愈…… |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 越……越…… |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 罔……罔…… |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 罔……罔…… |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 罔……罔…… |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 罔……罔…… |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 罔……罔…… |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 罔……罔…… |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 罔……罔…… |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 愈……愈……, 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 愈……愈……, 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 愈……愈…… |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 愈……愈……, 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 愈……愈…… |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 愈……愈……, 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 愈……愈……, 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 愈……愈……, 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 緊……緊…… |
| Southern Min | Datian | 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 愈……愈…… |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 愈……愈…… |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 愈……愈……, 唑……唑…… |
| Southern Min | Puning | 愈……愈……, 叉……叉…… |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 愈……愈…… |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 那……那…… |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 那……那…… |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 罔……罔…… |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 罔……罔…… |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 罔……罔…… |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 罔……罔…… |
| Wu | Shanghai | 越……越……, 越是……越是……, 越加……越加……, 越發……越發…… |
| Wu | Suzhou | 越……越…… |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 越……越…… |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 越……越…… |
| Xiang | Changsha | 越……越……, 更……更…… |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 越……越…… |

#### Derived terms

* 越來越／越来越 (yuèláiyuè)