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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kū-lî / kǐr-lî / kī-lî / kū-lī / kī-lī / kǐ-lî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶ li⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùlí
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-li²
    • Yale: jyù-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhli
    • Palladius: цзюйли (czjujli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi⁵ lei⁴
    • Yale: kéuih lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁵ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁵ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯¹³ lei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî-lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki´ liˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹ li²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴ li¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lî
    • Tâi-lô: kū-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlii
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /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/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐ-lî
    • Tâi-lô: kǐ-lî
    • IPA (Philippines): /ki³³⁻²² li²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge⁶ li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆ lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵⁵/

Noun

距離

1. (literally, figuratively) distance (Classifier: 段)

Synonyms

• (literary, or in compounds) 距 (jù)

Verb

距離

1. to be apart; to be away from

Synonyms

• 距 (jù)

Derived terms

• 曼哈頓距離／曼哈顿距离 (Mànhādùn jùlí)
• 權力距離／权力距离 (quánlì jùlí)
• 社交距離／社交距离 (shèjiāo jùlí)
• 距離感／距离感

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (距離):

• → Korean: 거리(距離) (geori)
• → Vietnamese: cự li (距離)

See also

• 間隔／间隔 (jiàngé)

Japanese

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

Etymology

May be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 距 (kyo, “to be away from”) +‎ 離 (ri, “separation”).

First cited in the 和蘭字彙 (Oranda Jii, “Dutch Dictionary”), published in two parts in 1855 and 1858.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

距(きょ)離(り) • (kyori) ^{←きより (kyori)?}

1. [from 1855] distance

   そこまで距(きょ)離(り)がある。

   Soko made kyori ga aru.

   It is a bit far away.

2. [from 1915] mental distance, psychological gap

   彼(かの)女(じょ)との距(きょ)離(り)を縮(ちぢ)める

   kanojo to no kyori o chijimeru

   to become closer to one's girlfriend

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

Derived terms

• 距(きょ)離(り)感(かん) (kyorikan)
• 距(きょ)離(り)競(きょう)技(ぎ) (kyori kyōgi)
• 距(きょ)離(り)空(くう)間(かん) (kyori kūkan)
• 距(きょ)離(り)計(けい) (kyorikei)
• 距(きょ)離(り)梯(はし)子(ご) (kyori hashigo)
• 距(きょ)離(り)標(ひょう) (kyorihyō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
距	離

Noun

距離 • (geori) (hangeul 거리)

1. Hanja form^? of 거리 (“distance”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
距	離

Noun

距離

1. chữ Hán form of cự ly (“distance”).