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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jù | ju4
English translation
at a distance of
distance
to be apart
distance, gap

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

foot

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足巨

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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距离 jùlí kāi 还有 hái yǒu 十秒,导播 dǎo bō 开始 kāishǐ dǎo 读数 dú shù .

The director began the countdown ten seconds before the broadcast.

盘旋 pánxuán 经常 jīngcháng 改变 gǎibiàn 回转 huí zhuǎn 方向 fāngxiàng 节距.

Convolutions frequently alternate in direction of rotation and vary in pitch.

shì míng 出色 chūsè de cháng 距离 jùlí huá shǒu .

He is an excellent long - distance rower.

xiá 轴承 zhóu chéng zhǐ 需要 xūyào jiào duǎn de 距离 jùlí jiù Néng 产生 chǎnshēng Quán 宽度 kuān dù 润滑 rùn huá .

The narrower bearings required less distance to develop full width films.

我们 wǒmen 用步 liáng le zhè 段距离,发现 fāxiàn yǒu 60.

We paced off the distance and found it to be 60 yards.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
距离 jùlí distance距離
distance
差距 chājù gap差距 chājù
相距 xiāng jù distance apart相距 xiāng jù
近距离 jìn jù lí close range近距離
焦距 jiāo jù focal length焦距 jiāo jù
短距离 duǎn jù lí short distance短距離
长距离 cháng jù lí long distance長距離
轴距 zhóu jù wheelbase軸距
行距 háng jù row spacing行距 háng jù
视距 shì jù visible range視距
等距 děng jù equidistant等距 děng jù
株距 zhū jù spacing株距 zhū jù
轮距 lún jù gauge輪距
测距仪 cè jù yí distance measuring equipment測距儀
螺距 luó jù pitch of spiral螺距 luó jù
截距 jié jù intercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis)截距 jié jù
轨距 guǐ jù gauge軌距
距角 jù jiǎo elongation (astronomy)距角 jù jiǎo
组距 zǔ jù class interval (statistics)組距

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