yuǎn in a sentence

Far (distant - remote)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 9 sentences

远 (yuǎn) means Far (distant - remote). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我家离机场很

Wǒ jiā lí jīchǎng hěn yuǎn.

My home is far from the airport.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

那儿不 ,走路十分钟。

Nàr bù yuǎn, zǒu lù shí fēnzhōng.

It's not far — ten minutes on foot.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

学校离我家不

Xuéxiào lí wǒ jiā bù yuǎn.

The school is not far from my home.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

火车站离宾馆不

Huǒchēzhàn lí bīnguǎn bù yuǎn.

The train station is not far from the hotel.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 火车站

你住的地方离银行 吗?

Nǐ zhù de dìfang lí yínháng yuǎn ma?

Is the place you live far from the bank?

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地方

From the graded readers

我家离学校不

wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào bùyuǎn.

My home isn't far from school.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School

我回过头,看见他站在很 的地方,笑着向我招手。

wǒ huí guò tóu, kànjiàn tā zhàn zài hěn yuǎn de / dì dìfang, xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó xiàng wǒ zhāo shǒu.

I looked back and saw him standing far away, smiling and waving.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike

最后一次,我骑了很 才发现——他早就把手松开了。

zuìhòu yīcì, wǒ qí le / liǎo / liào hěn yuǎn cái fāxiàn—— tā zǎo jiù bǎshǒu sōngkāi le / liǎo / liào.

On the last attempt I'd ridden a long way before I realised he'd let go ages ago.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike

他说:“很 ,你一直往前走,到第二个路口往左拐。”

tā shuō:" hěn yuǎn, nǐ yìzhí wǎng / wàng qián zǒu, dào dì'èr gè lù kǒu wǎng / wàng zuǒ guǎi."

He said, "It's a long way. Go straight on and turn left at the second junction."

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

Questions about 远

How is 远 used in a sentence?

This page shows 9 sentences using 远 (yuǎn, "Far (distant - remote)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 远 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 远 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 远 an HSK word?

Yes — 远 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 远?

The dictionary page for 远 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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