yue
/ˈjuːeɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.
noun
An ancient Chinese wind instrument thought to have been a long piece of bamboo with holes drilled in
name
The modern variety of Chinese, which includes Cantonese and Taishanese.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "One form of Yue—that of Canton—has provided an umbrella term for the whole [language] complex—Cantonese."
- "If there is a well-defined subgroup of the Han Chinese today, it is the Yue."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 龠, 籥
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Places.
Inflected Forms
yues (plural)
yo (alternative, obsolete)
Yueh (alternative)
Yüeh (alternative)
Viet (alternative)
Việt (alternative)
Yuht (alternative)
Jyut (alternative)