Yue or Yueh ( ) may refer to:

Places

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...

, abbreviated (), a province of China * Yue Nan (), the Chinese name for Vietnam *

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Ji ...

, commonly abbreviated (), a province of China

Languages

Yue Chinese Yue () is a group of similar Sinitic languages spoken in Southern China, particularly in Liangguang (the Guangdong and Guangxi provinces). The name Cantonese is often used for the whole group, but linguists prefer to reserve that name for ...

, a branch of Chinese, spoken primarily in and around Guangdong and Guangxi *

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding a ...

, a dialect of Yue Chinese, widely spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau *

Old Yue language The Old Yue language ( zh, c=古越語, p=''Gu Yueyu'') is an unknown unclassified language (or many different languages). It can refer to Yue, which was spoken in the realm of Yue during the Spring and Autumn period. It can also refer to the v ...

, an extinct language or languages spoken by the Baiyue people of southern China

People

* Yue, a Chinese surname derived from Mandarin ( or ) or Cantonese () **

Yue Fei Yue Fei ( zh, t=岳飛; March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142), courtesy name Pengju (), was a Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty and a national hero of China, known for leading Southern Song forces in the wa ...

, Song dynasty general **

Shawn Yue Shawn Yue Man-lok (born 13 November 1981) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model, he has starred in many films, such as '' Jiang Hu'', '' Infernal Affairs II'', the ''Love in the Buff'' film series, '' Mad World'' and '' The Brink'', and ...

, Hong Kong actor and singer * Yue, a

Chinese given name Chinese given names () are the given names adopted by speakers of the Chinese language, both in majority-Sinophone countries and among the Chinese diaspora. Description Chinese given names are almost always made up of one or - usually - two charac ...

derived from Mandarin (e.g. , , , and )

Fictional characters

* Yue (''Cardcaptor Sakura''), a character in the anime and manga séries ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' *

Yue Ayase The ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'' manga and anime series features a wide cast of fictional characters designed by Ken Akamatsu. The series follows Negi Springfield, a 10-year-old boy from Wales with magic powers, who becomes a teacher of a Ja ...

, 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 The Baiyue (, ), Hundred Yue, or simply Yue (; ), were various ethnic groups who inhabited the regions of East China, South China and Northern Vietnam during the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD. They were known for their short hair, b ...

, a collection of ancient peoples in coastal southern China *

Shanyue The Shanyue (山越) were an ancient conglomeration of upland Yue hill tribes living in what is today the mountainous regions of Southern China and Northern Vietnam during the Han dynasty. Since the Southern part of China was not yet controlle ...

, 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 Minyue () was an ancient kingdom in what is now the Fujian province in southern China. It was a contemporary of the Han dynasty, and was later annexed by the Han empire as the dynasty expanded southward. The kingdom existed approximately fro ...

, an ancient kingdom located at modern Fujian *

Nanyue Nanyue (), was an ancient kingdom ruled by Chinese monarchs of the Zhao family that covered the modern Chinese subdivisions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau, southern Fujian and central to northern Vietnam. Nanyue was establis ...

, an ancient kingdom consisting of modern Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and northern Vietnam *

Wuyue Wuyue (; ), 907–978, was an independent coastal kingdom founded during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960) of Chinese history. It was ruled by the Haiyan Qian clan (海盐钱氏), whose family name remains widespread in th ...

, a state in modern Zhejiang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period

Arts

* Yue (), an ancient Chinese wind instrument * Yueqin, a traditional Chinese string instrument * Yue ware, early Chinese celadon pottery