Chinese words starting with “yue”
24 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable yue. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial — · final üe · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 6
- 4th tone 18
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 越来越yuè lái yuèHSK 2
more and more
- 乐队yuè duìHSK 3
band; pop group
- 月亮yuè liangHSK 2
the moon
- 月份yuè fènHSK 2
month
All 24 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 月 | yuè | n,t | moon; month; monthly | |
| 2 | 越 | yuè | d,g,b | to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more | |
| 3 | 约 | yuē | d,b,v,g | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 4 | 约会 | yuē huì | v,n,vn | appointment; engagement; date; to arrange to meet | |
| 5 | 阅读 | yuè dú | v,vn | to read; reading | |
| 6 | 约定 | yuē dìng | v,vn | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation | |
| 7 | 约束 | yuē shù | vn,v | to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint | |
| 8 | 月球 | yuè qiú | n | the moon | |
| 9 | 越过 | yuè guò | v | to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above | |
| 10 | 乐器 | yuè qì | n | musical instrument | |
| 11 | 越发 | yuè fā | d | increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more | |
| 12 | 月底 | yuè dǐ | t | end of the month | |
| 13 | 岳父 | yuè fù | n | wife's father, father-in-law | |
| 14 | 曰 | yuē | g | to speak; to say | |
| 15 | 乐曲 | yuè qǔ | n | musical composition | |
| 16 | 岳母 | yuè mǔ | n | wife's mother, mother-in-law | |
| 17 | 阅历 | yuè lì | n | to experience; experience | |
| 18 | 悦耳 | yuè ěr | a | sweet-sounding; beautiful (of sound) | |
| 19 | 月票 | yuè piào | n | monthly ticket | |
| 20 | 乐谱 | yuè pǔ | n | a musical score; sheet music | |
| 21 | 月初 | yuè chū | t | start of month; early in the month | |
| 22 | 阅览室 | yuè lǎn shì | n | reading room | |
| 23 | 月饼 | yuè bǐng | n | mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) | |
| 24 | 约定俗成 | yuē dìng sú chéng | v | established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention |
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