越洋

yuèyáng
adjective #36,283

Meanings

  1. 1 transoceanic
  2. 2 across the ocean
  3. 3 (of a call/cable/voyage) crossing the seas

Examples

Tā měi zhōu gěi zài guówài de nǚ'ér dǎ yuèyáng diànhuà.
Every week he makes an overseas call to his daughter abroad.
Zhè shì yī cì kuàyuè Dàxīyáng de yuèyáng fēixíng.
This is a transoceanic flight crossing the Atlantic.

Tips

usage
Almost always attributive: 越洋电话 (yuèyáng diànhuà, 'transoceanic call'), 越洋航班 (yuèyáng hángbān, 'transoceanic flight'), 越洋光缆 (yuèyáng guānglǎn, 'transoceanic fiber cable'). 越洋电话 was a meaningful phrase in the era when international calls were rare and expensive — today most uses lean toward shipping, aviation, or undersea cables.
memory
(yuè, 'to cross over/exceed') + (yáng, 'ocean') — 'cross the ocean'. The same is in 超越 (chāoyuè, 'to surpass') and 越过 (yuèguò, 'to cross over').

Stroke Order

yuè
yáng