Yue

See also: yue, yuè, yuē, and yuě

English

Alternative forms

• Yueh, Yüeh (from Mandarin)
• Viet, Việt (from Vietnamese)
• Yuht, Jyut (from Cantonese)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 粵／粤 (yuè) or Mandarin 越 (yuè).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːeɪ/, /juːˈeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Yue

1. The modern variety of Chinese, which includes Cantonese and Taishanese.
   • 1989, S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, page 98:

     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.

   • 2000, George L. Campbell, “YUE (Cantonese)”, in Compendium of the World's Languages, page 1793:

     One form of Yue—that of Canton—has provided an umbrella term for the whole [language] complex—Cantonese.

2. People who speak a variety of Yue.
   • 1989, S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, page 98:

     If there is a well-defined subgroup of the Han Chinese today, it is the Yue.

3. Any of several ancient Tai peoples of what is now Guangdong province, or their languages.

Translations

variety of Chinese

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 粵語 / 粤语 (yue) (jyut⁶ jyu⁵)

  Hakka: 粵語 / 粤语 (ye̍t-ngî)

  Hokkien: 粵語 / 粤语 (oa̍t-gí, oa̍t-gú)

  Mandarin: 粵語 / 粤语 (zh) (yuèyǔ)

• French: yue (fr) m
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ю́э (ru) m (júe), канто́нский (ru) m (kantónskij)
• Spanish: yue (es) m
• Swedish: yue ?, kantonesiska (sv) c

Noun

Yue

1. (ceramics) Yue ware, a southern Chinese style of celadon-glazed stoneware.

Related terms

• Jyutping
• Vietnam

See also

• ISO 639-3 code yue (SIL)

Anagrams

• U-ey, uey