越来越 (yuè lái yuè) — more and more
HSK 3 | adverb pattern | describes a quality increasing progressively over time
越来越 (yuè lái yuè)
越来越 is a fixed pattern meaning "more and more" or "increasingly." It is placed before an adjective or verb and describes a quality that keeps intensifying over time.
Meanings
- [adverb pattern] More and more; increasingly; getting (adjective)-er and (adjective)-er.
Example Sentences
他的汉语越来越好了。 Tā de Hànyǔ yuè lái yuè hǎo le. His Chinese is getting better and better.
天气越来越冷了。 Tiānqì yuè lái yuè lěng le. The weather is getting colder and colder.
她越来越喜欢学中文了。 Tā yuè lái yuè xǐhuān xué Zhōngwén le. She likes learning Chinese more and more.
这里越来越热闹了。 Zhèlǐ yuè lái yuè rènao le. This place is getting livelier and livelier.
Collocations
| Collocation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 越来越好 | getting better and better |
| 越来越难 | getting harder and harder |
| 越来越多 | more and more (quantity) |
| 越来越快 | getting faster and faster |
| 越来越喜欢 | liking more and more |
Memory Hook
越 (to cross / exceed), 来 (come), 越 (exceed again): crossing one threshold, then coming, then crossing the next — always moving past the previous limit.