| 跃 | yuè | to jump; to leap |
| 大跃进 | dà yuè jìn | the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), in retrospect widely viewed as an unprecedented economic and social disaster, with estimated 20 million people dying of starvation |
| 跃进 | yuè jìn | make a leap; leap forward |
| 踊跃 | yǒng yuè | to leap; to jump; eager; enthusiastically |
| 跃迁 | yuè qiān | transition; jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy) |
| 活跃 | huó yuè | active; vigorous |
| 跳跃 | tiào yuè | to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip |
| 飞跃 | fēi yuè | to leap |
| 一跃而起 | yī yuè ér qǐ | to jump up suddenly; to bound up; to rise up in one bound |
| 喜跃 | xǐ yuè | to jump for joy |
| 活跃分子 | huó yuè fèn zǐ | activist |
| 质的飞跃 | zhì de fēi yuè | qualitative leap |
| 跃居 | yuè jū | to vault |
| 跃然 | yuè rán | to show forth; to appear as a vivid image; to stand out markedly |
| 跃然纸上 | yuè rán zhǐ shàng | to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc); to stand out markedly |
| 跃跃欲试 | yuè yuè yù shì | to be eager to give sth a try (idiom) |
| 跃马 | yuè mǎ | to gallop; to spur on a horse; to let one's steed have his head |
| 跃龙 | yuè lóng | allosaurus |
| 雀跃 | què yuè | to frolic for joy; to jump like a sparrow; to gambol excitedly |
| 飞跃道 | fēi yuè dào | parkour, French sport invented by David Belle in 1980s, with the aim of efficiently traversing obstacles in the environment |
