HSK 6 · Emotions

疏远 shūyuǎn “to drift apart” in Chinese

Traditional 疏遠

What 疏远 means

  1. to drift apart
  2. estranged
  3. distant
  4. to become estranged
  5. to alienate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • estrangement

How to say 疏远

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale疏shū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale远yuǎn3rd tone, dipping

疏远 in a sentence

  1. 搬家以后，我们的关系慢慢疏远了。

    Bānjiā yǐhòu, wǒmen de guānxi mànmàn shūyuǎn le.

    After I moved, we slowly drifted apart.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他最近好像在疏远我。

    Tā zuìjìn hǎoxiàng zài shūyuǎn wǒ.

    He seems to be keeping his distance from me lately.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 疏远 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 疏 (shū) with each of its parts in a different colour
疏shūto dredge
  • 疋roll of cloth · pǐ
  • 㐬pennant
The character 远 (yuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
远yuǎnfar
  • 元first · yuánSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 元 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuǎn.

How to write 疏远

疏 12 strokes · 远 7 strokes

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

Words related to 疏远

Words with 疏

疏忽shūhu · to neglect生疏shēngshū · unfamiliar

Words with 远

远yuǎn · far永远yǒngyuǎn · forever遥远yáoyuǎn · distant任重道远rènzhòngdàoyuǎn · to carry a heavy responsibility (lit. heavy load

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FAQs

疏远 (shūyuǎn) means “to drift apart” or “estranged”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shūyuǎn: shū with a 1st tone, then yuǎn with a 3rd 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, 疏远 is written 疏遠. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 疏远 from the suggestions. Typing shuyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
疏远 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.