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远远

yuǎnyuǎn

distant

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

distant

02

by far

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 远远 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 远远 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

它现代化的程度远远超乎我的预料。tā xiàn dài huà de chéng dù yuǎn yuǎn chāo hū wǒ de yù liào。

Its modernization was far beyond my expectations.

海水蓝蓝的,远远看去像一大片丝绸铺开。hǎi shuǐ lán lán de, yuǎn yuǎn kàn qù xiàng yī dà piàn sī chóu pù kāi。

The sea is deep blue, and from afar it looks like a vast sheet of silk spread out.

伦敦的人口远远多於其他英国城市的人口。lún dūn de rén kǒu yuǎn yuǎn duō yú qí tā yīng guó chéng shì de rén kǒu。

The population of London is much greater than that of any other British city.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 远远.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 远远.

Directly before

  • 程度远远1
  • 你远远1
  • 人口远远1

Directly after

  • 远远超乎1
  • 远远凝视1
  • 远远多1
  • 远远看去1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 远远

What does 远远 mean in Chinese?

远远 (yuǎnyuǎn) means distant.

How do you pronounce 远远?

远远 is pronounced yuǎnyuǎn.

Is 远远 an HSK word?

远远 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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