HSK 2 · Adjectives

远 yuǎn “far” in Chinese

Traditional 遠

What 远 means

  1. far
  2. distant
  3. remote
  4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far
  5. much (lower etc)

How to say 远

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

远 in a sentence

  1. 我家离这儿很远。

    Wǒ jiā lí zhèr hěn yuǎn.

    My house is a long way from here.

    Sentence #407259 from Tatoeba

  2. 酒店离机场远不远？

    Jiǔdiàn lí jīchǎng yuǎn bù yuǎn?

    Is the hotel far from the airport?

    Sentence #760810 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 到机场有多远？

    Dào jīchǎng yǒu duō yuǎn?

    How far is it to the airport?

    Sentence #344190 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 远

远 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 远

Words with 远

永远yǒngyuǎn · forever遥远yáoyuǎn · distant疏远shūyuǎn · to drift apart任重道远rènzhòngdàoyuǎn · to carry a heavy responsibility (lit. heavy load

More words: Adjectives

慢màn · slow快kuài · fast长cháng · long高gāo · tall近jìn · near贵guì · expensive便宜piányi · cheap黑hēi · black

FAQs

远 (yuǎn) means “far” or “distant”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it yuǎn: 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, 远 is written 遠. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 远 from the suggestions. Typing yuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
远 is an HSK 2 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.