遥 (yáo) means Distant (remote - far away). Below are 5 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
这架飞机可以 遥 控。
Zhè jià fēijī kěyǐ yáokòng.
This aircraft can be controlled remotely.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遥控
遥 控器的电池没电了。
Yáokòngqì de diànchí méi diàn le.
The batteries in the remote are dead.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 电池
那是一个 遥 远的国家。
Nà shì yí ge yáoyuǎn de guójiā.
That is a distant country.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遥远
电视的 遥 控器找不到了。
Diànshì de yáokòng qì zhǎo bu dào le.
The television remote cannot be found.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遥控
这个目标看起来还很 遥 远。
Zhège mùbiāo kàn qǐlái hái hěn yáoyuǎn.
This goal still looks a long way off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遥远
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Words that contain 遥
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How is 遥 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 遥 (yáo, "Distant (remote - far away)"), 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 遥 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 遥 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 遥?
The dictionary page for 遥 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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