HSK 6 · Adjectives

遥远 yáoyuǎn “distant” in Chinese

Traditional 遙遠

What 遥远 means

  1. distant
  2. remote
  3. faraway

How to say 遥远

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale远yuǎn3rd tone, dipping

遥远 in a sentence

  1. 星星太遥远了。

    Xīngxing tài yáoyuǎn le.

    The stars are too far away.

    Sentence #3309268 from Tatoeba

  2. 现在我们很容易就能乘飞机去遥远的国度。

    Xiànzài wǒmen hěn róngyì jiù néng chéng fēijī qù yáoyuǎn de guódù.

    These days it’s easy for us to fly to distant countries.

    Sentence #791482 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 一个好邻居胜于一个遥远的朋友。

    Yí ge hǎo línjū shèngyú yí ge yáoyuǎn de péngyou.

    A good neighbour is better than a faraway friend.

    Sentence #809760 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 遥远 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 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 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 遥远

遥 13 strokes · 远 7 strokes

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

Words related to 遥远

Words with 遥

遥控yáokòng · remote control

Words with 远

远yuǎn · far永远yǒngyuǎn · forever疏远shūyuǎn · to drift apart任重道远rènzhòngdàoyuǎn · to carry a heavy responsibility (lit. heavy load

More words: Adjectives

严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling鸦雀无声yāquèwúshēng · silence reigns野蛮yěmán · barbaric异常yìcháng · abnormal一贯yíguàn · consistent

FAQs

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