Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yuè
- Yuè
English
- mountain peak
- surname Yue
- wife's parents and paternal uncles
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Ngok"
- surname
- to raise one's head
- (high) mountain; mountain of high altitude
- used in honorable addresses of the parents of one's wife, from the metonymy of altitude of mountains into highness of one's status
粵語
- 姓
- 舉高頭
- 高山
- 用喺妻子雙親嘅尊稱;源於將高山嘅物理高度比喻為地位嘅崇高
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 岳
- 岳父ngok6 fu2
wife's father, father-in-law
- 岳母ngok6 mou2
wife's mother; mother-in-law
- 岳丈ngok6 zoeng6
father-in-law (wife's father)
- 山岳saan1 ngok6
towering mountains
- 岳起ngok6 hei2
to perk up the head
- 岳飛ngok6 fei1
Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
- 岳家ngok6 gaa1
wife's parents' home
- 岳西ngok6 sai1
see 岳西縣|岳西县[Yue4 xi1 Xian4]
- 安岳on1 ngok6
see 安岳縣|安岳县[An1 yue4 Xian4]
- 岳陽ngok6 joeng4
see 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4]
- 安岳縣on1 ngok6 jyun6
Anyue, a county in Ziyang City 資陽市|资阳市[Zi1 yang2 Shi4], Sichuan
- 岳池ngok6 ci4
see 岳池縣|岳池县[Yue4 chi2 Xian4]
- 叔岳suk1 ngok6
wife's uncle
- 潘岳pun1 ngok6
Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"
- 岳麓山ngok6 luk1 saan1
Mt Yuelu in Changsha 長沙|长沙[Chang2 sha1], famous for scenery, temples and tombs
- 岳西縣ngok6 sai1 jyun6
Yuexi, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui
- 岳陽縣ngok6 joeng4 jyun6
Yueyang, a county in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
- 岳陽市ngok6 joeng4 si5
Yueyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
- 岳陽樓ngok6 joeng4 lau4
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]
- 岳普湖ngok6 pou2 wu4
see 岳普湖縣|岳普湖县[Yue4 pu3 hu2 Xian4]
- 岳池縣ngok6 ci4 jyun6
Yuechi, a county in Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市[Guang3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan
- 岳陽樓記ngok6 joeng4 lau4 gei3
On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]
- 張飛打岳飛zoeng1 fei1 daa2 ngok6 fei1
lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei
- 說岳全傳syut3 ngok6 cyun4 cyun4
"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]