HSK 2 · Comparing

越来越

yuè lái yuè

more and more

Stroke order of 越来越

3 characters, 31 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

越 · 12 strokes 来 · 7 strokes 越 · 12 strokes

Memory trick

Run beyond (越) and come (来) beyond again: increasingly more.

Parts: 越 exceed (走 walk + 戉) + 来 come + 越 exceed

The characters in 越来越

越 yuè — the more (12 strokes)
来 lái — to come (7 strokes)
越 yuè — the more (12 strokes)

Example sentence

天气越来越冷了。

The weather is getting colder and colder.

Words with 越

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise 来to come 来到to arrive; to come to 出来to come out 进来to come in 回来to come back 来自to come from 后来afterwards; later 原来originally; so it turns out 接下来next; following 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever 本来originally

Words with 越

More words: Comparing

更more; even more 越the more 不如not as good as 同样same; equally 相同identical; the same 不同different 像to resemble; like 等于to equal 超过to exceed; to surpass 以上above; more than 以下below; less than 以外beyond; apart from 其他other 其中among them

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