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远

yuǎn

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character Traditional 遠

远 (yuǎn) means "far". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 远 means

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

Other readings

远 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yuànto distance oneself from (classical)

Example sentences

• 远吗？
  Is it far?
• 很远。
  It was very far.
• 永远。
  Always.
• 永远！
  Forever!
• 南非很远。
  Nánfēi hěn yuǎn.
  South Africa is far away.
• 请远离他。
  Please stay away from him.

Words starting with 远

• 远远yuǎn yuǎndistant; by far
• 远处yuǎn chùdistant place
• 远离yuǎn líto be far from; to keep away from
• 远方yuǎn fāngfar away; a distant location
• 远程yuǎn chéngremote; long distance; long range
• 远东Yuǎn dōngFar East (loanword)
• 远大yuǎn dàfar-reaching; broad; ambitious
• 远近yuǎn jìnfar and near; distance
• 远古yuǎn gǔantiquity; ancient times
• 远行yuǎn xíngto travel far away from home
• 远眺yuǎn tiàoto gaze into the distance
• 远见yuǎn jiànforesight; discernment; vision
• 远征yuǎn zhēngan expedition, esp. military; march to remote regions
• 远景yuǎn jǐngscenery in the distance; long-term prospects; (photography) long shot
• 远望yuǎn wàngto gaze afar; to look into the distance
• 远洋yuǎn yángdistant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast)
• 远期yuǎn qīlong-term; at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment); abbr. for 远期合约
• 远距离yuǎn jù lílong-distance
• 远航yuǎn hángto travel a great distance by sea or air; voyage; long-haul flight
• 远走高飞yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi(idiom) to go far away; to flee to a distant place
• 远道而来yuǎn dào ér láito come from far away
• 远足yuǎn zúexcursion; hike; march
• 远近闻名yuǎn jìn wén míngto be known far and wide; to be well-known
• 远亲yuǎn qīndistant relative

Words containing 远

• 永远yǒng yuǎnforever; eternal
• 遥远yáo yuǎndistant; remote
• 任重道远rèn zhòng dào yuǎna heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle…
• 长远cháng yuǎnlong-term; long-range
• 望远镜wàng yuǎn jìngtelescope; binoculars
• 深远shēn yuǎnfar-reaching; profound and long-lasting
• 老远lǎo yuǎnvery far away
• 久远jiǔ yuǎnlasting; enduring; extending over a long period of time
• 疏远shū yuǎnto drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate
• 偏远piān yuǎnremote; far from civilization
• 边远biān yuǎnfar from the center; remote; outlying
• 大老远dà lǎo yuǎnvery far away
• 源远流长yuán yuǎn liú cháng(idiom) of long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient times
• 出远门chū yuǎn ménto travel far away from home
• 高远gāo yuǎnlofty
• 敬而远之jìng ér yuǎn zhīto show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
• 悠远yōu yuǎnlong time ago; distant; far away
• 中远Zhōng yuǎnChina Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) (abbr. for 中国远洋运输
• 扯远chě yuǎnto digress; to get sidetracked; to go off on a tangent
• 跳远tiào yuǎnlong jump (athletics)
• 高瞻远瞩gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔto stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view; acute foresight
• 最远zuì yuǎnfurthest; most distant; at maximum distance
• 清远市Qīng yuǎn ShìQingyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 开远市Kāi yuǎn ShìKaiyuan, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州

Characters built on 元

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

• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 阮ruǎnruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
• 沅YuánYuan river in Guizhou and Hunan
• 朊ruǎnprotein
• 鼋yuánsea turtle
• 蚖yuánProtura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod); variant of 螈, salamander; newt

Characters that look like 远

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

• 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 姐jiěolder sister
• 迟chílate; delayed; slow

Sounds the same

Read yuǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逺old variant of 远

Where 远 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Directions and Position (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 13 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yuǎn correctly.
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