越獄

See also: 越狱

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	prison
trad. (越獄)		越	獄
simp. (越狱)		越	狱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yuèyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄩˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yue² yuo²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ juk⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): yeh⁴ yeh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyù
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: ywè-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyuh
    • Palladius: юэюй (juejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yue² yuo²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: yejuo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ye²¹ yo²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: yuht yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² jʊk̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: yeh⁴ yeh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /yəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ yəʔ²/

Verb

越獄

1. to escape from prison

   Synonym: 逃獄／逃狱 (táoyù)

2. (computing slang) to jailbreak (an iOS device)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (越獄):

• → Vietnamese: vượt ngục (越獄)

See also

• (to jailbreak): root