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遥远 yáoyuǎn

遥远 yáoyuǎn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 遥远 yáoyuǎn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yáoyuǎn | yao2 yuan3
English translation
distant
remote

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Traditional form

遙遠

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 遥远 yáoyuǎn

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yáo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of yáo .

Phonetic compound

yóu

Semantic compound

chuò

Positional decomposition

辶䍃

Number of Strokes

13
yuǎn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and Yuán represents the sound. Simplified form of yuǎn .

Phonetic compound

Yuán

Semantic compound

chuò

Positional decomposition

辶元

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 遥远 yáoyuǎn

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海燕 Cóng 遥远 yáoyuǎn de 地方 dìfāng 振翼飞来.

The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea.

昏睡 hūn shuì de 大地 dà dì 唤醒 huàn xǐng ! 要是 yàoshi 冬天 dōng tiān 已经 yǐjīng lái le , 西风 ā , 春日 Chūn rì zěn Néng 遥远 yáoyuǎn ?

" The trumpet of a prophecy! 0 Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? "

晚上 wǎnshang mèng dào le xiǎng de 那些 nà xiē 遥远 yáoyuǎn 地方 dìfāng .

At night he dreams of faraway places where he'd like to go.

只有 zhǐyǒu Chéng 直升机 zhí shēng jī 才能 cái néng 进入 jìn rù 遥远 yáoyuǎn de 荒漠 huāng mò 地区 dìqū

The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.

科隆 Kē lóng zài 美因茨 Měi yīn cí bìng 遥远 yáoyuǎn de 下游 xià yóu 方向 fāngxiàng

Cologne is not so very far down-river from Mainz.

遥远 yáoyuǎn Decomposition

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遥远 yáoyuǎn Compounds

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