B1 · Grammar reference · ASG7UE4H
Expressing "more and more" with "yuelaiyue"
越来越 (yuèláiyuè) is used frequently in Chinese to express that some quality or state is increasing with time and is often translated into English as "more and more." This is the simple form of this pattern, which uses 来, but there is also a more complex one (which uses two different adjectives/verbs).
- Keywords
- 越来越 · 越 · 了 · more
- Used for
- Expressing degree
- Classification
- HSK3
Examples (10)
天气越来越冷了。
你女儿越来越漂亮了。
你说得越来越好了。
技术越来越发达了。
空气污染越来越严重了。
我越来越喜欢上海了。
你越来越了解我了。
我越来越理解我的父母了。
我越来越不相信他了。
你越来越不懂我了。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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