yue
IPA: jˈu
noun
- (historical) An ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.
- (music, historical) An ancient Chinese wind instrument thought to have been a long piece of bamboo with holes drilled in
- The modern Sinitic language which includes Cantonese (Canton) dialect.
- People who speak Yue, such as the Cantonese and Taishanese.
- Any of several ancient Tai peoples of what is now Guangdong province, or their languages.
- (ceramics) Yue ware, a southern Chinese style of celadon-glazed stoneware.
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Examples of "yue" in Sentences
- You're thinking of Yue language'.
- Yue is the language used in Yue opera.
- Much of the content here should be at Yue.
- Yes, it is commonly used for Yue as a whole.
- Not all varieties of Yue are mutually intelligible.
- This eventually leads Yue to become a veterinarian.
- Yue is featured in the second preface of the manual.
- Then it was moved out and Yue was moved to that name.
- In other words, Yue people do not necessarily speak Yue.
- For example, there is a chart of Yue dialects in that article.
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