离 (lí) means To go (to leave - depart). Below are 24 of the 41 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
学校 离 我家不远。
Xuéxiào lí wǒ jiā bù yuǎn.
The school is not far from my home.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 离
现在 离 上课还有十分钟。
Xiànzài lí shàng kè hái yǒu shí fēnzhōng.
There are still ten minutes before class.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 离
我家 离 学校很近。
Wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào hěn jìn.
My home is very close to the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 近
我家 离 机场很远。
Wǒ jiā lí jīchǎng hěn yuǎn.
My home is far from the airport.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 远
他的公司 离 家很近。
Tā de gōngsī lí jiā hěn jìn.
His company is close to home.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 公司
火车站 离 宾馆不远。
Huǒchēzhàn lí bīnguǎn bù yuǎn.
The train station is not far from the hotel.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 火车站
离 开的时候请关灯。
Líkāi de shíhou qǐng guān dēng.
Please turn off the light when you leave.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 离开
学校距 离 我家很近。
Xuéxiào jùlí wǒ jiā hěn jìn.
The school is very close to my home.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 距离
请从这个出口 离 开。
Qǐng cóng zhège chūkǒu líkāi.
Please leave by this exit.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 出口
梦想和现实有距 离 。
Mèngxiǎng hé xiànshí yǒu jùlí.
There is a gap between dreams and reality.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 现实
他家 离 市中心很近。
Tā jiā lí shì zhōngxīn hěn jìn.
His home is close to the city centre.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 中心
离 开前请关掉电源。
Líkāi qián qǐng guān diào diànyuán.
Please switch off the power before leaving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 电源
理论不能脱 离 实际。
Lǐlùn bù néng tuōlí shíjì.
Theory cannot be divorced from reality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 脱离
离 开时请熄灭火源。
Líkāi shí qǐng xīmiè huǒyuán.
Please put out any fire before leaving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 熄灭
没有人阻拦他 离 开。
Méiyǒu rén zǔlán tā líkāi.
Nobody stopped him from leaving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阻拦
这个宾馆 离 机场近吗？
Zhège bīnguǎn lí jīchǎng jìn ma?
Is this hotel close to the airport?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 近
国际机场 离 这儿很远。
Guójì jīchǎng lí zhèr hěn yuǎn.
The international airport is far from here.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 国际
两个城市的距 离 不远。
Liǎng ge chéngshì de jùlí bù yuǎn.
The distance between the two cities is not far.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 距离
这套公寓 离 地铁很近。
Zhè tào gōngyù lí dìtiě hěn jìn.
This apartment is close to the subway.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公寓
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From the graded readers
我家 离 学校不远。
wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào bùyuǎn.
My home isn't far from school.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
我 离 开老家已经十年了。
wǒ líkāi lǎojiā yǐjīng shínián le / liǎo / liào.
It's been ten years since I left my home town.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
超市 离 我家很近，走路只要十分钟。
chāo shì lí wǒ jiā hěn jìn, zǒulù zhǐyào shífēn zhōng.
The supermarket is close to us — ten minutes on foot.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
我这才知道，真正尊重你的人，不会因为一次拒绝就 离 开。
wǒ zhè / zhèi cái zhīdào, zhēnzhèng zūnzhòng nǐ de rén, bùhuì yīnwèi yīcì jùjué jiù líkāi.
That was when I learned that people who genuinely respect you don't leave over one refusal.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
离 appears in 41 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 离
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 离
How is 离 used in a sentence?
This page shows 41 sentences using 离 (lí, "To go (to leave - depart)"), 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 离 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 离 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 离 an HSK word?
Yes — 离 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 离?
The dictionary page for 离 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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