Yue or Yueh ( ) may refer to:

Places

  • Guangdong, abbreviated (), a province of China
  • Zhejiang, sometimes abbreviated (), a province of China
  • Yuenan (), the Chinese name for Vietnam

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

Historical peoples

  • Baiyue, an umbrella term for various ancient peoples in coastal southern China
  • Shanyue, a tribe residing in the Yue area during the Han dynasty

Historical states

  • Yue (state), an ancient state in eastern modern China during the Spring and Autumn period with non-Chinese cultural attributes.
  • Minyue, an ancient kingdom located at modern Fujian, a successor to the state of Yue.
  • Nanyue, an ancient autonomous Chinese 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 (), a large Chinese axe
  • Yue (), an ancient Chinese unit of volume
  • Yue (), an ancient Chinese wind instrument
  • Yueqin, a traditional Chinese string instrument
  • Yue ware, early Chinese celadon pottery

Fictional characters

  • Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura), a character in the anime and manga series 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

See also

  • Yueju (disambiguation)
  • Yuezhou (disambiguation)