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遥

yáo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 遙

What 遥 means

1. bound formdistant; remote; far away

Example sentences

• 星星太遥远了。
  The stars are too far away.
• 把遥控器递给我。
  Bǎ yáokòngqì dì gěi wǒ.
  Hand me the remote.
• 把遥控器还给我！
  Give me back the remote!
• 遥控器电池没电了。
  The remote control batteries died.
• 电视遥控器在沙发下面。
  Diànshì yáokòngqì zài shāfā xiàmian.
  The TV remote control is under the couch.
• 那个杀人犯依然逍遥法外。
  The murderer is still at large.

Words starting with 遥

• 遥远yáo yuǎndistant; remote
• 遥控yáo kòngto direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
• 遥望yáo wàngto look into the distance
• 遥控器yáo kòng qìa remote control
• 遥遥yáo yáodistant; remote
• 遥不可及yáo bù kě jíunattainable; far-fetched; out of reach
• 遥遥无期yáo yáo wú qīfar in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
• 遥想yáo xiǎngto think about (the distant past or future)
• 遥遥领先yáo yáo lǐng xiān(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
• 遥感yáo gǎnremote sensing
• 遥测yáo cètelemetry
• 遥祝yáo zhùto send good wishes from afar
• 遥观yáo guānto look into the distance
• 遥控车yáo kòng chēradio-controlled car (hobbyist's model car)
• 遥控操作yáo kòng cāo zuòremote operation

Words containing 遥

• 逍遥xiāo yáofree and unfettered
• 逍遥法外xiāo yáo fǎ wàiunfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution…
• 逍遥自在xiāo yáo zì zaifree and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal)…
• 平遥县Píng yáo XiànPingyao, a county in Jinzhong City 晋中市
• 路途遥远lù tú yáo yuǎnit's a very long journey to get there
• 逍遥自得xiāo yáo zì dédoing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
• 路遥知马力，日久见人心lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīnjust as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true…
• 平遥Píng yáosee 平遥县

Characters built on 䍃

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

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 谣yáopopular ballad; rumor
• 瑶yáojade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 鹞yàosparrow hawk; Accipiter nisus
• 徭yáocompulsory service
• 繇yáofolk-song; forced labor

Characters that look like 遥

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

• 温wēnwarm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature
• 谨jǐncautious; careful; solemnly
• 遮zhēto cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide
• 渥wòto enrich; to moisten
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 遁dùnto evade; to flee; to escape

Sounds the same

Read yáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摇to shake; to rock; to row
• 肴meat dishes; mixed viands
• 谣popular ballad; rumor
• 姚handsome; good-looking
• 瑶jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl
• 窑kiln; oven; coal pit
• 侥used in 僬侥
• 爻the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦
• 鳐ray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 徭compulsory service
• 繇folk-song; forced labor
• 珧mother-of-pearl