卓越

Chinese

		outstanding	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more
simp. and trad. (卓越)		卓	越

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuóyuè, zhuōyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄝˋ, ㄓㄨㄛㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coek³ jyut⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toh-oa̍t / tok-oa̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuóyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuóyuè
  - Wade–Giles: cho²-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: jwó-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwoyueh
  - Palladius: чжоюэ (čžojue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuōyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuoyuè
  - Wade–Giles: cho¹-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: jwō-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juoyueh
  - Palladius: чжоюэ (čžojue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coek³ jyut⁶
  - Yale: cheuk yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek⁸ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêg³ yud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːk̚³ jyːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toh-oa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: toh-ua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doih'oat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tok-oa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tok-ua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dok'oat
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ uat̚²⁴/

Adjective

卓越

excellent; superior; outstanding; remarkable

Synonyms

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大 / 伟大 (wěidà)
傑出 / 杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異 / 优异 (yōuyì)
優秀 / 优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越 / 优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾 / 出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳 / 出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖 / 卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異 / 卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 / 卓着 (zhuózhù)
厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好極了 / 好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異 / 尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸 / 峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰顯 / 彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實 / 恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青 / 标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩 / 稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽 / 盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹 / 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著 / 显着 (xiǎnzhù)
高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)

Antonyms

低劣 (dīliè)

Derived terms

卓越超群

Japanese

Kanji in this term
卓	越
たく Grade: S	えつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

卓(たく)越(えつ) • (takuetsu) ^{←たくゑつ (takwetu)^?}

excellence, superiority, preeminence

Synonyms

Antonyms

低劣(ていれつ) (teiretsu): poor

Verb

卓(たく)越(えつ)する • (takuetsu suru) ^{←たくゑつ (takwetu)^?}intransitive suru (stem 卓(たく)越(えつ)し (takuetsu shi), past 卓(たく)越(えつ)した (takuetsu shita))

be excellent; be outstanding; be preeminent
卓越(たくえつ)した技能者(ぎのうしゃ)
takuetsu shita ginōsha
an outstanding technician

Conjugation

Conjugation of "卓越する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	卓越し	たくえつし	takuetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	卓越し	たくえつし	takuetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	卓越する	たくえつする	takuetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	卓越する	たくえつする	takuetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	卓越すれ	たくえつすれ	takuetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	卓越せよ¹ 卓越しろ²	たくえつせよ¹ たくえつしろ²	takuetsu seyo¹ takuetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	卓越される	たくえつされる	takuetsu sareru
Causative	卓越させる卓越さす	たくえつさせるたくえつさす	takuetsu saseru takuetsu sasu
Potential	卓越できる	たくえつできる	takuetsu dekiru
Volitional	卓越しよう	たくえつしよう	takuetsu shiyō
Negative	卓越しない	たくえつしない	takuetsu shinai
Negative continuative	卓越せず	たくえつせず	takuetsu sezu
Formal	卓越します	たくえつします	takuetsu shimasu
Perfective	卓越した	たくえつした	takuetsu shita
Conjunctive	卓越して	たくえつして	takuetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	卓越すれば	たくえつすれば	takuetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative