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遙

yáo

far away, distant, remote

Strokes
13
Radical
辵
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 遥

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 遥, the simplified form of 遙. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我回去很遥远的地方,不要问我那里。

    Wǒ huí qu hěn yáo yuǎn de dì fang bù yào wèn wǒ nà li

    I'm going back to a place that is far away, don't ask me where.

  • 星星太遥远了。

    Xīng xing tài yáo yuǎn le

    The stars are too far away.

  • 电视遥控器在沙发下面。

    Diàn shì yáo kòng qì zài shā fā xià mian

    The TV remote control is under the couch.

  • 把遥控器递给我。

    Bǎ yáo kòng qì dì gěi wǒ

    Hand me the remote.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 遥

  • 遥远yáo yuǎn 2–3 distant; remote
  • 遥控yáo kòng 2–4 to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control