距离

Character by character

• 距jù12 strokesHSK 4distance; bird's spur
• 离lí11 strokesHSK 2 traditional 離rare beast; strange; elegant

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我无法判断距离。

  Wǒ wú fǎ pàn duàn jù lí

  I can't judge distance.

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• 两人之间的距离已拉近。

  Liǎng rén zhī jiān de jù lí yǐ lā jìn

  The gap between them has narrowed.

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• 他们之间隔着很远的距离。

  Tā men zhī jiān gé zhe hěn yuǎn de jù lí

  They are separated by a great distance.

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• 距离令我满意的结果还很远。

  Jù lí lìng wǒ mǎn yì de jié guǒ hái hěn yuǎn

  I am far from satisfied with the result.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 距离. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 离开lí kāiHSK 2

  to depart; to leave

• 离líHSK 2

  to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing fire; ☲

• 离婚lí hūnHSK 3

  to divorce

• 分离fēn líHSK 5

  to separate

• 远离yuǎn líHSK 6

  to be far from; to keep away from

• 脱离tuō líHSK 5

  to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)

• 距jùHSK 7

  at a distance of; distance; to be apart

• 隔离gé líHSK 7

  to separate; to isolate

• 差距chā jùHSK 5

  disparity; gap

• 撤离chè líHSK 6

  to withdraw from; to evacuate

• 离不开lí bu kāiHSK 4

  inseparable; inevitably linked to

• 离职lí zhíHSK 7

  to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study); to leave one's job; to resign

• 离奇lí qíHSK 7

  odd; bizarre

• 焦距jiāo jùHSK 7

  focal length; focal distance

• 形影不离xíng yǐng bù líHSK 7

  inseparable (as form and shadow)

• 悲欢离合bēi huān lí héHSK 7

  joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life

• 离谱儿lí pǔr5HSK 7

  Scientific