跨越
kuàyuè
to cross over; to span; to overcome
Characters in this word
越 yuè
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 走 — to walk, to run, to flee
- Made of
- 走 to walk, to run, to flee 戉 halberd, battle-axe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这条高铁线路跨越高原、峡谷和人口密集的城市群，建设难度极高。 Zhè tiáo gāotiě xiànlù kuàyuè gāoyuán, xiágǔ hé rénkǒu mìjí de chéngshìqún, jiànshè nándù jí gāo. This high-speed railway line crosses plateaus, gorges, and densely populated urban clusters, making construction extremely difficult.
- 这座大桥跨越了宽阔的江面，连接着两座城市。 Zhè zuò dàqiáo kuàyuè le kuānkuò de jiāngmiàn, liánjiē zhe liǎng zuò chéngshì. This big bridge spans the wide river and connects two cities.
- 他用三年时间跨越了语言的障碍。 Tā yòng sān nián shíjiān kuàyuè le yǔyán de zhàng'ài. It took him three years to overcome the language barrier.
Related words
- 跨 kuà to step across; to stride over; to span
- 跨度 kuàdù span; range; extent
- 跨国 kuàguó cross-border; transnational; to operate across countries
- 越 yuè the more, the more
- 越来越 yuèláiyuè more and more
- 超越 chāoyuè to surpass; to overtake
- 穿越 chuānyuè to pass through; to cross; to travel through time
- 优越 yōuyuè superior; advantageous
- 越发 yuèfā increasingly; all the more
- 越过 yuèguò cross over; surmount
- 卓越 zhuóyuè outstanding; excellent
- 坎坷 kǎnkě rough; full of frustrations