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Yue or Yueh (/jwɛ/ yweh) may refer to:
Places
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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, a Chinese given name derived from Mandarin (e.g. 悅, 越, 玥, and 月)
Fictional characters
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Baiyue, a collection of ancient peoples in coastal southern China
- Shanyue, a tribe residing in the Yue area during the Han dynasty
Historical states
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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