yue

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Definition of yue in English English dictionary

The modern Sinitic language which includes Cantonese (Canton) dialect. ISO 639-3: yue

Yue ware, a southern Chinese style of celadon-glazed stoneware

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

People who speak Yue, such as the Cantonese and Taishanese

the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China

Related Terms

Yue Fei

or Yüeh Fei born 1103, Tangyin, Henan province, China died Jan. 27, 1142, Lin'an, Zhejiang province One of China's greatest generals and national heroes. When the Juchen overran northern China and captured the Song-dynasty capital at Kaifeng, Yue Fei accompanied the future Gaozong emperor into the south, where the Southern Song was established. Yue Fei prevented the advance of the Juchen in the south and was able to recover and secure some of the occupied territory in central China. His attempt to push north and recapture all of the lost territory was opposed by the minister Qin Gui, who had Yue executed. Yue has been extolled for his resistance to foreign domination

Xu Yue

born 185, Donglai, China died 227, China Chinese astronomer and mathematician. He wrote several books, of which only Shushu jiyi ("Memoir on the Methods of Numbering") is extant; some scholars question its authenticity. The treatise was used as an auxiliary mathematics textbook in the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) state universities. Its first part provides three methods of assigning the powers of 10 up to 10^4,096 to traditionally established terms for "large numbers" and alludes to a method of indefinite generation of even larger numbers. The second part contains descriptions of various devices for representing, if not actually manipulating, large numbers. Among them the book mentions a device resembling the abacus, which some scholars believe originated in China

Turkish pronunciation

yu

Pronunciation

/ˈyo͞o/ /ˈjuː/

Etymology

() Mandarin Chinese Yuè (粵/粤 for the modern sense; 越 or 鉞/钺 in the ancient sense)