Chinese symbol for “distant”
遥远
yáo yuǎn
Traditional: 遙遠
distant; remote
The closest CC-CEDICT match for distant is 遥远 (yáo yuǎn), defined as: distant; remote.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “distant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 远远 (遠遠) | yuǎn yuǎn | distant; by far |
| 辽 (遼) | liáo | (bound form) distant; faraway |
| 缅 (緬) | miǎn | distant; remote |
| 遥 (遙) | yáo | (bound form) distant; remote; far away |
| 遥遥 (遙遙) | yáo yáo | distant; remote |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遥远.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遥控 (遙控) | yáo kòng | to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control |
| 逍遥 (逍遙) | xiāo yáo | free and unfettered |
| 遥感 (遙感) | yáo gǎn | remote sensing |
| 逍遥法外 (逍遙法外) | xiāo yáo fǎ wài | unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes) |
| 遥控器 (遙控器) | yáo kòng qì | a remote control |
| 永远 (永遠) | yǒng yuǎn | forever; eternal |
| 远离 (遠離) | yuǎn lí | to be far from; to keep away from |
| 远远 (遠遠) | yuǎn yuǎn | distant; by far |
See also: Japanese symbol for “distant”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.