Chinese symbol for “exceed”
越
yuè
to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exceed is 越 (yuè), defined as: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “exceed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 超 | chāo | to exceed; to overtake |
| 逾 | yú | to exceed; to go beyond |
| 超出 | chāo chū | to exceed; to overstep |
| 逾越 | yú yuè | to exceed |
| 超越 | chāo yuè | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 越.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 越来越 (越來越) | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 超越 | chāo yuè | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend |
| 穿越 | chuān yuè | to traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction) |
| 跨越 | kuà yuè | to step across; step over |
| 优越 (優越) | yōu yuè | superior; superiority |
| 卓越 | zhuó yuè | outstanding; surpassing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exceed”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.