Distance in Chinese
distance · HSK 4
距离
- 距 distance
- 离 to leave
Counted with 段: 一段距离
两个城市之间的距离不太远。 The distance between the two cities isn't very far.
Other ways to say distance
More words with 距 or 离
How do you say distance in Chinese?
Distance in Chinese is 距离 (jù lí). You can also say 距 (jù), 路程 (lù chéng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.