愈來愈

See also: 愈来愈

Chinese

		heal; the more...the more; to recover heal; the more...the more; to recover; better	to come	heal; the more...the more; to recover heal; the more...the more; to recover; better
trad. (愈來愈)		愈	來	愈
simp. (愈来愈)		愈	来	愈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùláiyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ loi⁴ jyu⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lú-lâi-lú / jú-lâi-jú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ru² lai⁵ ru²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùláiyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùláiyù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-lai²-yü⁴
    • Yale: yù-lái-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhlaiyuh
    • Palladius: юйлайюй (jujlajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ loi⁴ jyu⁶
    • Yale: yuh lòih yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ loi⁴ jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ loi⁴ yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² lɔːi̯²¹ jyː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-lâi-lú
    • Tâi-lô: lú-lâi-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwlailuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /lu⁴²⁻²⁴ lai²⁴⁻²¹ lu⁴²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai²³⁻³³ lu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²⁴⁻²² lu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jú-lâi-jú
    • Tâi-lô: jú-lâi-jú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jwlaijuo
    • IPA (Singapore): /d͡zu⁴²⁻²⁴ lai²⁴⁻²¹ d͡zu⁴²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai²³⁻³³ zu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ru² lai⁵ ru²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jú lâi jú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zu⁵²⁻³⁵ lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zu⁵²/

Adverb

愈來愈

1. more and more; increasingly

Synonyms

• 越來越／越来越 (yuèláiyuè)

 

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	越來越
	Singapore	越來越
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	越住越
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	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
	Puning	愈來愈, 叉來叉
	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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