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title: "越…越… in Chinese Grammar: The more …, the more …, With Examples"
description: "越…越…: the more …, the more …. 越 A 越 B: B increases as A increases. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yue-yue"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 越…越…

The more …, the more …

越 A 越 B: B increases as A increases.

## In stories

这件事**越传越远**。

[孔融让梨 · Kong Rong and the pears: the boy who took the smallest one](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/kong-rong-rang-li-kong-rong-and-the-pears#library-word-205-209) HSK 3

它**越变越小**，最后，悟空一只手就能拿住它了。

[龙宫借宝 · The Dragon King’s Treasure](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-dragon-kings-treasure-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-4#library-word-743-747) HSK 3

领子怎么做，袖子哪里还要改，她**越说越快**。

[我的房间 · My Room](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/my-room#library-word-410-414) HSK 4

东西**越买越多**，心疼钱的人就说自己要“剁手”，意思是：剁了手，看你还怎么买！

[双十一是怎么来的？ · Where did Singles Day come from?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/singles-day-11-11-origin#library-word-561-565) HSK 4

[Read 孔融让梨](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/kong-rong-rang-li-kong-rong-and-the-pears#library-word-205-209)

## More patterns

- [越来越 + adjective more and more …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yuelaiyue)
- [越…，越… the more …, the more …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yue-comma-yue)
- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)

## What does 越…越… mean in Chinese?

The more …, the more …. 越 A 越 B: B increases as A increases.

## How common is 越…越…?

It comes up in 16 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

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- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.