遥 (yáo): (bound form) distant, remote, far away
遥 (yáo) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) distant.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 䍃 (phonetic). It ranks #1699 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 遥 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- (bound form) distant
- remote
- far away
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 遥
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逍遥法外phrase | xiāo yáo fǎ wài | unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) |
| 遥控verb | yáo kòng | to direct operations from a remote location |
| 遥控器noun | yáo kòng qì | a remote control |
| 逍遥verb | xiāo yáo | free and unfettered |
| 遥遥领先phrase | yáo yáo lǐng xiān | (idiom) a long way in front |
| 遥感verb | yáo gǎn | remote sensing |
| 逍遥自在phrase | xiāo yáo zì zai | free and at leisure (idiom) |
| 遥望verb | yáo wàng | to look into the distance |
| 遥遥adjective | yáo yáo | distant |
| 遥遥无期phrase | yáo yáo wú qī | far in the indefinite future (idiom) |
| 遥测verb | yáo cè | telemetry |
| 遥祝verb | yáo zhù | to send good wishes from afar |
| 路遥知马力，日久见人心 | lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn | just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb) |
| 遥不可及phrase | yáo bù kě jí | unattainable |
| 路途遥远 | lù tú yáo yuǎn | it's a very long journey to get there |
遥 appears in 23 compound words: 65 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 遥 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
遥字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
yáo zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "遥" is not commonly used in everyday life.
...e 让 AI 操作电脑画面 同时推出手机遥距操控 Claude
. . . e ràng A I cāo zuò diàn nǎo huà miàn tóng shí tuī chū shǒu jī yáo jù cāo kòng C l a u d e
...e: Let AI control your computer screen while simultaneously launching remote control of Claude via your phone
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hā wèi yān dàn ! jiǎn guó yáo kòng dú gōng hǎn bèi chāo le
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gào bié diàn chí diàn liàng jiāo lǜ bù zài yáo yuǎn wǒ kē xué jiā gōng kè wú fù jí 锂 diàn xún huán nán tí
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关闭遥控一镜到底,安全返航#航拍无人机 #新手...
guān bì yáo kòng yī jìng dào de , ān quán fǎn háng háng pāi wú rén jī xīn shǒu . . .
Turn off remote control, fly in one continuous shot, and return safely #AerialDrone #Beginner...
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绫 濑 yáo nèi yī guǎng gào luǒ bèi ! fěn sī jīng : chǐ dù dà dǎn
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我回去很遥远的地方，不要问我那里。
Wǒ huíqu hěn yáoyuǎn de dìfang, bù yào wèn wǒ nàli.
I'm going back to a place that is far away, don't ask me where.
现在我们很容易就能乘飞机去遥远的国度。
Xiànzài wǒmen hěn róngyì jiù néng chéng fēijī qù yáoyuǎn de guódù.
Today we can go to distant countries easily by plane.
一个好邻居胜于一个遥远的朋友。
Yī gè hǎo línjū shèng yú yī gè yáoyuǎn de péngyou.
A good neighbour is better than a faraway friend.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Lùyáozhīmǎlì, rìjiǔjiànrénxīn.
It's in times like these that the character of a person becomes apparent.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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