疏 shū
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 疋 — roll, bolt of cloth
- Made of
- 疋 roll, bolt of cloth 㐬 pennant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
疏远
shūyuǎn
distant; estranged; to become 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
- 长期缺乏交流，会让原本亲密的朋友逐渐疏远。 Chángqī quēfá jiāoliú, huì ràng yuánběn qīnmì de péngyou zhújiàn shūyuǎn. A long-term lack of communication can make friends who were once close gradually drift apart.
- 他性格内向，总觉得自己被同事们疏远了。 Tā xìnggé nèixiàng, zǒng juéde zìjǐ bèi tóngshìmen shūyuǎn le. He is introverted and always feels that his colleagues keep him at a distance.
- 搬到另一个城市以后，她和老同学渐渐疏远了。 Bān dào lìng yī gè chéngshì yǐhòu, tā hé lǎo tóngxué jiànjiàn shūyuǎn le. After moving to another city, she gradually became distant from her old classmates.
Related words
- 生疏 shēngshū unfamiliar; rusty; out of practice
- 疏导 shūdǎo to guide; to channel; to ease
- 疏忽 shūhu to neglect; to overlook; negligence
- 疏散 shūsàn to evacuate; to disperse; scattered
- 疏通 shūtōng to dredge; to clear; to smooth out
- 远 yuǎn far
- 永远 yǒngyuǎn forever
- 跳远 tiàoyuǎn long jump
- 远处 yuǎnchù far away
- 遥远 yáoyuǎn distant
- 远程 yuǎnchéng long-distance, remote
- 远方 yuǎnfāng distant place