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距

jù

HSK 4 Character

What 距 means

1. to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from
2. bound formdistance
3. spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)

Example sentences

• 距离产生美感。
  Jùlí chǎnshēng měigǎn.
  Distance creates beauty.
• 我无法判断距离。
  I can't judge distance.
• 纽约和伦敦距离多远？
  What is the distance between New York and London?
• 两人之间的距离已拉近。
  The gap between them has narrowed.
• 他们之间隔着很远的距离。
  Tāmen zhījiān gé zhe hěn yuǎn de jùlí.
  They are separated by a great distance.
• 从这里到公园距离两英里。
  It is two miles from here to the park.

Words starting with 距

• 距离jù lídistance; to be apart from
• 距今jù jīnbefore the present; (a long period) ago
• 距离产生美jù lí chǎn shēng měiabsence makes the heart grow fonder
• 距角jù jiǎoelongation (astronomy)
• 距翅麦鸡jù chì mài jī(bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)

Words containing 距

• 差距chā jùdisparity; gap
• 相距xiāng jùdistance apart; separated by a given distance
• 近距离jìn jù líclose range
• 焦距jiāo jùfocal length; focal distance
• 远距离yuǎn jù lílong-distance
• 间距jiān jùgap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events
• 长距离cháng jù lílong-distance
• 全距quán jùrange (of a set of data) (statistics)
• 测距cè jùto measure distance
• 等距děng jùequidistant
• 级距jí jùrange of values; category defined by a range of values (tier, bracket, stratum etc)
• 组距zǔ jùclass interval (statistics)
• 行距háng jùrow spacing
• 视距shì jùvisible range
• 轮距lún jùtread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle)
• 拉近距离lā jìn jù líto bring (people) closer together
• 超距作用chāo jù zuò yòngaction at a distance (e.g. gravitational force)
• 传输距离chuán shū jù lítransmission distance
• 远距离监视yuǎn jù lí jiān shìoff-site monitoring
• 两性差距liǎng xìng chā jùdisparity between the sexes
• 贫富差距pín fù chā jùdisparity between rich and poor
• 微距wēi jù(photography) (of a lens etc) macro; close-up
• 短距离duǎn jù líshort distance; a stone's throw away
• 短距起落飞机duǎn jù qǐ luò fēi jīshort takeoff and landing aircraft

Characters built on 巨

These share the phonetic component 巨 (jù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拒jùto resist; to repel; to refuse
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 炬jùtorch
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 苣jùused in 莴苣

Characters that look like 距

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 贿huì(bound form) bribery
• 躯qūhuman body
• 辊gǔnroller
• 颊jiácheeks
• 眶kuàng(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng

Sounds the same

Read jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 句sentence; clause; phrase
• 据according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 具tool; device; utensil
• 剧theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 拒to resist; to repel; to refuse
• 聚to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 巨very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (colloquial) very; extremely
• 俱(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 惧to fear
• 锯a saw; to saw
• 足excessive
• 炬torch