Yue - Definition
Yue
can refer to:
Yuč
((
T
: 粵
S
: 粤), an abbreviation for
Guangdong
province
of the
People's Republic of China
, and also:
Yue
, a subdivision of
spoken Chinese
spoken in
Guangdong
,
Guangxi
,
Hainan
,
Hong Kong
, and
Macau
. Its prestige form is called
Standard Cantonese
(or simply "Cantonese")
Yuč
(越), a name associated with several concepts related to coastal South China, including:
The
Yue peoples
, a collection of ancient peoples in coastal southern China. They included groups such as the
Luoyue
(
T
: 駱越
S
: 骆越) and
Minyue
(
T
: 閩越
S
: 闽越), and inhabited the modern provinces of
Jiangsu
,
Zhejiang
,
Fujian
,
Guangdong
, and
Guangxi
The
state of Yue
, a state in modern northern
Zhejiang
province during the
Spring and Autumn Period
Wuyue
, a state in modern
Zhejiang
province during the
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
Vietnam
. The "viet-" in the word is
cognate
to this Chinese word.
Yue
is a character in the
anime
and
manga
Cardcaptor Sakura
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