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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
越来越
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 越来越 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 越来越 appears in 73 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Spring is here. It is getting warmer every day.
I recall less and less of my childhood.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 越来越.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 越来越.
Directly before
- 变得越来越14
- 而越来越2
- 他越来越2
- 真是越来越2
- 得越来越2
Directly after
- 越来越多11
- 越来越好7
- 越来越长4
- 越来越高2
- 越来越严重2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 越来越
What does 越来越 mean in Chinese?
越来越 (yuèláiyuè) means more and more.
How do you pronounce 越来越?
越来越 is pronounced yuèláiyuè.
Is 越来越 an HSK word?
越来越 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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