越來越

See also: 越来越

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	to come	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more
trad. (越來越)		越	來	越
simp. (越来越)		越	来	越

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèláiyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ loi⁴ jyut⁶, jyut⁶ lai⁴ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèláiyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèláiyuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-lai²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè-lái-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehlaiyueh
    • Palladius: юэлайюэ (juelajjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ loi⁴ jyut⁶, jyut⁶ lai⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht lòih yuht, yuht làih yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ loi⁴ jyt⁹, jyt⁹ lai⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ loi⁴ yud⁶, yud⁶ lei⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹ jyːt̚²/, /jyːt̚² lɐi̯²¹ jyːt̚²/

Adverb

越來越

1. more and more; increasingly

   他們的漢語越來越好。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们的汉语越来越好。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen de hànyǔ yuèláiyuè hǎo. [Pinyin]

   Their Mandarin keeps getting better and better.

   高校人才流動已經成為越來越常見的現象。 [MSC, trad.]
   高校人才流动已经成为越来越常见的现象。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gāoxiào réncái liúdòng yǐjīng chéngwèi yuèláiyuè chángjiàn de xiànxiàng. [Pinyin]

   Talent mobility in universities has become an increasingly common phenomenon.

   隨著你們對它越來越了解，你們一定會深深愛上它的。 [MSC, trad.]
   随着你们对它越来越了解，你们一定会深深爱上它的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Suízhe nǐmen duì tā yuèláiyuè liǎojiě, nǐmen yīdìng huì shēnshēn àishàng tā de. [Pinyin]

   As you learn more about it, you'll surely grow to love it deeply.

Synonyms

• 愈來愈／愈来愈 (yùláiyù)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 越來越 (“more and more; increasingly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		愈來愈, 越來越
Mandarin	Taiwan	越來越
	Yantai (Muping)	越住越
	Xi'an	越來越
	Singapore	越來越
Cantonese	Guangzhou	越嚟越
	Hong Kong	越嚟越
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	越來越
	Singapore (Guangfu)	越嚟越
Gan	Pingxiang	越來越
Hakka	Meixian	越來越
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	緊來緊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	緊來緊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	緊來緊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	緊來緊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	緊來緊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	越來越
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	罔來罔
Southern Min	Xiamen	愈來愈
	Jinjiang	愈來愈
	Zhao'an	愈來愈
	Tainan	愈來愈, 那來那
	Singapore (Hokkien)	愈來愈
	Manila (Hokkien)	愈來愈
	Chaozhou	愈來愈
	Shantou	越來越, 愈來愈
	Singapore (Teochew)	愈來愈
	Wenchang	那來那
	Singapore (Hainanese)	那來那
Wu	Shanghai	越來越
Xiang	Changsha	更發更

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