越是 yuèshì the more Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 越 yuè adverb the more Used in the 越...越... yuè... yuè pattern meaning "the more... the more...", or in 越来越... yuèláiyuè meaning "increasingly..."是 shì adverbverb indeed used for emphasis before a verb or adjective to confirm a quality or state, meaning "certainly" or "really"