越洋

yuèyáng
adjective #36,283

Meanings

  1. 1 transoceanic
  2. 2 across the ocean
  3. 3 crossing the seas

Examples

HSK 2
Tā měizhōu gěi zài guówài de nǚ'ér dǎ yuèyáng diànhuà.
Every week he makes an overseas call to his daughter abroad.
HSK 7-9
Zhè shì yí cì kuàyuè Dàxīyáng de yuèyáng fēixíng.
This is a transoceanic flight crossing the Atlantic.

Tips

usage
Almost always attributive: 越洋电话 ('transoceanic call'), 越洋航班 ('transoceanic flight'), 越洋光缆 ('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
越 ('to cross over/exceed') + 洋 ('ocean') - 'cross the ocean'. The same 越 is in 超越 ('to surpass') and 越过 ('to cross over').

Stroke Order

越 yuè
洋 yáng