距離

距離

See also: 距离

Chinese

		at a distance of; distance; to be apart	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (距離)		距	離
simp. (距离)		距	离

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁵ lei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khî-lì
• Min Nan (POJ): kū-lî / kǐr-lî / kī-lî / kū-lī / kī-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jùlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwli
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùlí
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi⁵ lei⁴
    • Yale: kéuih lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁵ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁵ léi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯¹³ lei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî-lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki´ liˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹ li²
    • IPA: /kʰi²⁴ li¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lî
    • Tâi-lô: kū-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlii
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ li²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr-lî
    • Tâi-lô: kǐr-lî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²² li²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lî
    • Tâi-lô: kī-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixlii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ li¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lī
    • Tâi-lô: kū-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lī
    • Tâi-lô: kī-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixli
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ li²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ li³³/

Noun

距離

1. distance (Classifier: 段)

Verb

距離

1. to be apart

Related terms

• 間隔／间隔 (jiàngé)

Derived terms

距離感／距离感

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (距離):

• → Japanese: 距離 (きょり) (kyori)
• → Korean: 거리 (距離, geori)
• → Vietnamese: cự li (距離)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
距	離
きょ Grade: S	り Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きょ​り [kyóꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

距離 (hiragana きょり, rōmaji kyori)

1. distance

   そこまで距離 (きょり)がある。

   Soko made kyori ga aru.

   It is a bit far away.

2. mental distance; psychological gap

   彼女 (かのじょ)との距離 (きょり)を縮 (ちぢ)める

   kanojo to no kyori o chijimeru

   to become closer to one's girlfriend

   (literally, “to reduce the distance between one and one's girlfriend”)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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Korean

Hanja in this term
距	離

Noun

距離 • (geori) (hangeul 거리)

1. Hanja form^? of 거리 (“distance”).