yue
/ˈjuːeɪ/
yue noun: an ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.
Noun (1)
yue (plural yue or yues)
- An ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.
Noun (2)
yue (plural yue or yues)
Proper noun capitalized: Yue
Yue
- The modern variety of Chinese, which includes Cantonese and Taishanese.
- The Yue dialects are popularly known as the Cantonese dialects. [...] The speech of Canton City, which is Cantonese in its narrower sense, is the best known and most generally esteemed of the Yue dialects.1989, S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, page 98
- One form of Yue—that of Canton—has provided an umbrella term for the whole [language] complex—Cantonese.2000, George L. Campbell, “YUE (Cantonese)”, in Compendium of the World's Languages, page 1793
- People who speak a variety of Yue.
- If there is a well-defined subgroup of the Han Chinese today, it is the Yue.1989, S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, page 98
- Any of several ancient Tai peoples of what is now Guangdong province, or their languages.
- An ancient feudal state of China.
Noun (3) capitalized: Yue
Yue
Forms of yue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | yue |
| plural | yues |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yo |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Yueh |
| alternative form | Yüeh |
| alternative form | Viet |
| alternative form | Việt |
| alternative form | Yuht |
| alternative form | Jyut |
Origin of yue
The atonal pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 龠 (yuè).
The atonal pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 籥 (yuè).
Borrowed from Mandarin 粵／粤 (yuè) or Mandarin 越 (yuè).
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Questions about yue
- What does yue mean?
- Yue means an ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.
- What part of speech is yue?
- Yue can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yue?
- Yue is pronounced /ˈjuːeɪ/.
- What is the plural of yue?
- The plural of yue is yue.
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