Yue

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Yue or Yueh (⫽jwɛ⫽ yweh) may refer to:

Places

• Guangdong, abbreviated 粵 (Yuè), a province of China
• Yue Nan (越南), the Chinese name for Vietnam
• Zhejiang, commonly abbreviated 越 (Yuè), a province of China

Languages

• Yue Chinese, a branch of Chinese, spoken primarily in and around Guangdong and Guangxi
• Cantonese, a dialect of Yue Chinese, widely spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau
• Old Yue language, an extinct language or languages spoken by the Baiyue people of southern China and northern Vietnam.

People

• Cantonese people, or Yue people, a Yue-speaking ethnic group of China
• Yue (surname), a Chinese surname derived from Mandarin (岳 or 樂) or Cantonese (余)
  • Yue Fei, Song dynasty general
  • Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
• Yue, a Chinese given name derived from Mandarin (e.g. 悅, 越, 玥, and 月)

Fictional characters

• Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura), a character in the anime and manga séries Cardcaptor Sakura
• Yue Ayase, a character from the anime and manga series Negima
• Yue Kato, a character in the manga series Angel Sanctuary
• Princess Yue, a character in the television series Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Wellington Yueh, a character from Frank Herbert's Dune universe

Historical peoples

• Baiyue, a collection of ancient peoples in coastal southern China
• Shanyue, a tribe residing in the Yue area during the Han dynasty

Historical states

• Yue (state), a state in modern eastern China during the Spring and Autumn period
• Minyue, an ancient kingdom located at modern Fujian
• Nanyue, an ancient kingdom consisting of modern Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and northern Vietnam
• Wuyue, a state in modern Zhejiang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Arts and sciences

• Yue (龠), an ancient Chinese unit of volume
• Yue (籥), an ancient Chinese wind instrument
• Yueqin, a traditional Chinese string instrument
• Yue ware, early Chinese celadon pottery

See also

• Yueju (disambiguation)
• Yuezhou (disambiguation)

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