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距离 jùlí “distance” in Chinese

Traditional 距離

What 距离 means

  1. distance
  2. to be apart from
  3. separation (in space or time)
  4. to be … away from
  5. to be … from

How to say 距离

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale距jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale离lí2nd tone, rising

距离 in a sentence

  1. 我无法判断距离。

    Wǒ wúfǎ pànduàn jùlí.

    I can’t judge distance.

    Sentence #1187315 from Tatoeba

  2. 我住的公寓距离车站步行不到五分钟。

    Wǒ zhù de gōngyù jùlí chēzhàn bùxíng búdào wǔ fēnzhōng.

    My flat is less than a five-minute walk from the station.

    Sentence #596692 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 尽管距离很远，我们还是保持着通信联系。

    Jǐnguǎn jùlí hěn yuǎn, wǒmen háishi bǎochí zhe tōngxìn liánxì.

    Even though we are far apart, we still keep in touch.

    Sentence #805112 from Tatoeba

How 距离 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 距 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
距jùto be at a distance of … from
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 巨large · jùSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 巨 (jù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

The character 离 (lí) with each of its parts in a different colour
离líto leave
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 凶culprit · xiōng
  • 禸track · róu

How to write 距离

距 11 strokes · 离 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

距离 (jùlí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 距离 (jùlí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 距离

Words with 距

差距chājù · gap

Words with 离

离lí · away from离开líkāi · leave离婚líhūn · to divorce隔离gélí · to isolate脱离tuōlí · to break away from

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FAQs

距离 (jùlí) means “distance” or “to be apart from”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jùlí: jù with a 4th tone, then lí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 距离 is written 距離. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 距离 from the suggestions. Typing juli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
距离 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.