永远
yǒng yuǎn 3–3 → 2–3
forever; eternal
- Characters
- 2
- 永 · 远
- Syllables
- 2
- yǒng yuǎn
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 599
Part of speech: d,b
Character by character
- 永yǒng5 strokesHSK 2long, perpetual, eternal, forever
- 远yuǎn7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 遠distant, remote, far; profound
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
我们永远在这里。
Wǒ men yǒng yuǎn zài zhè lǐ
We're staying here forever.
我不能永远地等。
Wǒ bù néng yǒng yuǎn de děng
I can't wait forever.
我想要永远活下去。
Wǒ xiǎng yào yǒng yuǎn huó xià qù
I want to live forever.
他说永远都不亲她。
Tā shuō yǒng yuǎn dōu bù qīn tā
He says he'd never kiss her.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 永远. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 远yuǎnHSK 1
far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
- 远远yuǎn yuǎnHSK 6
distant; by far
- 远离yuǎn líHSK 6
to be far from; to keep away from
- 永恒yǒng héngHSK 7
eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
- 永不yǒng bùHSK 7
never; will never
- 遥远yáo yuǎnHSK 7
distant; remote
- 永久yǒng jiǔHSK 7
everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent
- 远处yuǎn chùHSK 5
distant place
- 远程yuǎn chéngHSK 7
remote; long distance; long range
- 长远cháng yuǎnHSK 6
long-term; long-range
- 望远镜wàng yuǎn jìngHSK 7
binoculars; telescope
- 远方yuǎn fāngHSK 6
far away; a distant location
- 老远lǎo yuǎnHSK 7
very far away
- 深远shēn yuǎnHSK 7
far-reaching; profound and long-lasting
- 偏远piān yuǎnHSK 7
remote; far from civilization
- 远见yuǎn jiànHSK 7
foresight; discernment; vision
- 边远biān yuǎnHSK 7
far from the center; remote; outlying
- 任重道远rèn zhòng dào yuǎn
a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
- 敬而远之jìng ér yuǎn zhīHSK 7
to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
- 跳远tiào yuǎnHSK 3
long jump (athletics)
- 远近闻名yuǎn jìn wén míngHSK 7
to be known far and wide; to be well-known