優越

See also: 优越

Chinese

		excellent; superior	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more
trad. (優越)		優	越
simp. (优越)		优	越

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ jyut⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iu-oa̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu¹ uag⁸

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹ieu-yuq₈ / ¹ieu-yoq₈

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyuè
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: yōu-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouyueh
    • Palladius: ююэ (jujue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ jyut⁶
    • Yale: yāu yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-oa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: iu-ua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'oat
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² uat̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ uat̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² uat̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ uat̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ uat̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu¹ uag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iu ua̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu³³⁻²³ uak̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹ieu-yuq₈
    • MiniDict: ieu^平 yuih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ieu-hhyq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɤ⁵⁵ ɦyɪʔ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ʏ⁴⁴ ɦyəʔ/
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ieu-yoq₈
    • MiniDict: ieu^平 yoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ieu-hhioq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɤ⁵⁵ ɦioʔ²¹/

Adjective

優越

1. excellent; extraordinary; advantageous; superior

Synonyms

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• 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
• 了不得 (colloquial)
• 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
• 了勿起 (Wu)
• 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
• 偉大 / 伟大 (wěidà)
• 傑出 / 杰出 (jiéchū)
• 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
• 優異 / 优异 (yōuyì)
• 優秀 / 优秀 (yōuxiù)
• 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 出擢 (Hokkien)
• 出眾 / 出众 (chūzhòng)
• 出腳 / 出脚 (Hokkien)
• 出色 (chūsè)
• 勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
• 勿得了 (Wu)
• 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
• 卓犖 / 卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
• 卓異 / 卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
• 卓著 (zhuózhù)
• 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
• 厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好極了 / 好极了 (hǎo jíle)
• 尤異 / 尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
• 崢嶸 / 峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
• 彰顯 / 彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
• 惡實 / 恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
• 打得 (Hakka)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 斐然 (fěirán)
• 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
• 標青 / 标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 漂亮
• 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
• 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
• 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
• 特出 (tèchū)
• 特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
• 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
• 穩 / 稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
• 突出 (tūchū)
• 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
• 蓋帽 / 盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
• 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
• 超凡 (chāofán)
• 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
• 超常 (chāocháng)
• 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
• 超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
• 非凡 (fēifán)
• 響噹噹 / 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
• 顯著 / 显著 (xiǎnzhù)
• 高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)

Derived terms

• 優越性 / 优越性 (yōuyuèxìng)
• 優越感 / 优越感 (yōuyuègǎn)
• 白人優越主義 / 白人优越主义 (báirényōuyuèzhǔyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
優	越
ゆう Grade: 6	えつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうえつ [yùúétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

優(ゆう)越(えつ) • (yūetsu) 

1. superiority

Antonyms

• 劣後(れつご) (retsugo, “inferiority”)

Verb

優(ゆう)越(えつ)する • (yūetsu suru) intransitive suru (stem 優(ゆう)越(えつ)し (yūetsu shi), past 優(ゆう)越(えつ)した (yūetsu shita))

1. be superior to; surpass

Conjugation

Conjugation of "優越する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	優越し	ゆうえつし	yūetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	優越し	ゆうえつし	yūetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	優越する	ゆうえつする	yūetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	優越する	ゆうえつする	yūetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	優越すれ	ゆうえつすれ	yūetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	優越せよ¹ 優越しろ²	ゆうえつせよ¹ ゆうえつしろ²	yūetsu seyo¹ yūetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	優越される	ゆうえつされる	yūetsu sareru
Causative	優越させる 優越さす	ゆうえつさせる ゆうえつさす	yūetsu saseru yūetsu sasu
Potential	優越できる	ゆうえつできる	yūetsu dekiru
Volitional	優越しよう	ゆうえつしよう	yūetsu shiyō
Negative	優越しない	ゆうえつしない	yūetsu shinai
Negative continuative	優越せず	ゆうえつせず	yūetsu sezu
Formal	優越します	ゆうえつします	yūetsu shimasu
Perfective	優越した	ゆうえつした	yūetsu shita
Conjunctive	優越して	ゆうえつして	yūetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	優越すれば	ゆうえつすれば	yūetsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “優越”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
優	越

Noun

優越 • (uwol) (hangeul 우월)

1. hanja form^? of 우월 (“superiority; supremacy”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
優	越

Adjective

優越

1. chữ Hán form of ưu việt (“superior; advanced”)