HSK 6 · Science

遥控 yáokòng “remote control” in Chinese

Traditional 遙控

What 遥控 means

  1. remote control
  2. to direct operations from a remote location
  3. to remotely control

How to say 遥控

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale遥yáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale控kòng4th tone, falling

遥控 in a sentence

  1. 电视遥控器在沙发下面。

    Diànshì yáokòngqì zài shāfā xiàmiàn.

    The TV remote is under the sofa.

    Sentence #8744085 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 把遥控器递给我。

    Bǎ yáokòngqì dì gěi wǒ.

    Pass me the remote.

    Sentence #8589622 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 电视遥控器是怎么运作的？

    Diànshì yáokòngqì shì zěnme yùnzuò de?

    How does a TV remote work?

    Sentence #12278107 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 遥控 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 遥 (yáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
遥yáodistant; remote; far away
  • 䍃vase · yáoSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 䍃 (yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with yáo.

The character 控 (kòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
控kòngto control
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 空hollow · kōngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 空 (kōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kòng.

How to write 遥控

遥 13 strokes · 控 11 strokes

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

Words related to 遥控

Words with 遥

遥远yáoyuǎn · distant

Words with 控

控制kòngzhì · to control

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FAQs

遥控 (yáokòng) means “remote control” or “to direct operations from a remote location”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yáokòng: yáo with a 2nd tone, then kòng with a 4th 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, 遥控 is written 遙控. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yaokong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遥控 from the suggestions. Typing yaokong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遥控 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.