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135 words
Chinese word
距
Pronunciation
Pinyinjù
Meaning
- verbbe ___ apart
Example
两城相距八十公里。liǎng chéng xiāng jù bā shí gōng lǐ
The two cities are 80 kilometers apart.
More examples
这块化石距今已有一百万年。zhè kuài huà shí jù jīn yí yǒu yì bǎi wàn nián
This fossil dates back one million years.
Core concept
Marks the measurable space separating two places or objects.
Common phrases
两地相距liǎng dì xiāng jù
two locations be apart
相距数十公里xiāng jù shù shí gōng lǐ
be several dozen kilometers apart
Similar words
距离jù lí: Be a measured distance away from a place or object.
离lí: Show that a place or object is a certain distance away in common speech.
相距xiāng jù: State how far apart two places or objects are.
Definition in Chinese
表示两个地点或物体之间存在一定的空间或长度的间隔，常与数字和单位连用，作动词时指两者相隔一定距离。biǎo shì liǎng gè dì diǎn huò wù tǐ zhī jiān cún zài yí dìng de kōng jiān huò cháng dù de jiàn gé cháng yǔ shù zì hé dān wèi lián yòng zuò dòng cí shí zhǐ liáng zhě xiāng gé yí dìng jù lí
Word origin
距 (jù, "be apart") uses 足 (zú, "foot") to signal a physical-position meaning and 巨 (jù, "large") mainly for sound, linking the character to physical separation.
Usage tips
- In everyday speech, this verb sounds more formal than the common conversational alternative, so it appears especially in written descriptions, maps, reports, and measured distances.