越是

yuèshì

adverb #12,302

Meanings

1 the more...
2 all the more

Characters

to exceed; the more

to be (emphatic)

Examples

HSK 2

他越是不让我去，我越想去。

Tā yuèshì bù ràng wǒ qù, wǒ yuè xiǎng qù.

The more he told me not to go, the more I wanted to go.

HSK 3

越是困难，越要坚持。

Yuèshì kùnnan, yuè yào jiānchí.

The more difficult it is, the more you must persevere.

Tips

grammar

越是...越... is a correlative pattern meaning 'the more X, the more Y.' 越是 adds emphasis compared to plain 越.

Stroke Order

越 yuè

是 shì