遥 yáo
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 䍃 vase, pitcher, earthenware
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
遥远
yáoyuǎn
distant
Characters in this word
远 yuǎn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 元 first
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 对很多孩子来说，太空仍然是一个遥远而神秘的地方。 Duì hěn duō háizi lái shuō, tàikōng réngrán shì yí gè yáoyuǎn ér shénmì de dìfang. For many children, space is still a distant and mysterious place.
- 他的家乡在遥远的北方，坐火车要两天。 Tā de jiāxiāng zài yáoyuǎn de běifāng, zuò huǒchē yào liǎng tiān. His hometown is in the distant north, and it takes two days by train.
- 小时候的那段日子，现在想起来已经很遥远了。 Xiǎoshíhou de nà duàn rìzi, xiànzài xiǎng qǐlai yǐjīng hěn yáoyuǎn le. Those days of childhood now seem very distant when I think back on them.
Related words
- 遥控 yáokòng to control remotely; remote control
- 远 yuǎn far
- 永远 yǒngyuǎn forever
- 跳远 tiàoyuǎn long jump
- 远处 yuǎnchù far away
- 远程 yuǎnchéng long-distance, remote
- 远方 yuǎnfāng distant place
- 边远 biānyuǎn remote; far-flung
- 敬而远之 jìng'éryuǎnzhī to keep a respectful distance
- 偏远 piānyuǎn remote; far-flung
- 绕远儿 ràoyuǎnr to take a roundabout route; roundabout
- 任重道远 rènzhòngdàoyuǎn the task is heavy and the road is long