遠離

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (遠離)		遠	離
simp. (远离)		远	离
anagram		離遠／离远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎnlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ lei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yén-lì / yán-lì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oán-lī / oán-lî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iang² li⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnlí
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-li²
    • Yale: ywǎn-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanli
    • Palladius: юаньли (juanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ lei⁴
    • Yale: yúhn lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ lei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yén-lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien` liˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan<sup>3</sup> li<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en³¹ li¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yán-lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian` liˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ li²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an³¹ li¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-lī
    • Tâi-lô: uán-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnli
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-lî
    • Tâi-lô: uán-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnlii
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iang² li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iáng lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: hjwonX ljeH

Rime
Character	遠	離
Reading #	1/2	2/3
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雲阮切	力智切
Baxter	hjwonX	ljeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐnX/	/liᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐnX/	/liɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐnX/	/ljɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuanX/	/liə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐnX/	/lieH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐnX/	/lǐeH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐnX/	/lie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun5	lei6

Verb

遠離

1. to be far from; to keep away from; to stay out of

   請你遠離我的生活！ [MSC, trad.]
   请你远离我的生活！ [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng nǐ yuǎnlí wǒ de shēnghuó! [Pinyin]

   Please stay out of my life!

   • 請你留下不再遠離　聽我說句真心的話 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     请你留下不再远离　听我说句真心的话 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 1977, performed by Teresa Teng, lyrics by Wang Wenyuan, original music “Night Ferryboat” (1976) by Tadao Inoue, “You Are In My Heart”

     qǐng nǐ liúxià bùzài yuǎnlí, tīng wǒ shuō jù zhēnxīn dehuà [Pinyin]

     Please stay here [and] not ever be far away [from me]. Listen to my plea!

Synonyms

• 捨去／舍去 (shěqù) (literary)
• 撤 (chè)
• 背離／背离 (bèilí)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 退 (tuì)
• 退出 (tuìchū)
• 遠／远 (literary)
• 離去／离去 (líqù)
• 離逖／离逖 (lítì)
• 離開／离开 (líkāi)

 

Derived terms

• 一日一蘋果，醫生遠離我／一日一苹果，医生远离我 (yīrì yī píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ)
• 每日一蘋果，醫生遠離我／每日一苹果，医生远离我 (měirì yī píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遠離):

• → Japanese: 遠(おん)離(り) (onri); 遠(えん)離(り) (enri)
• → Korean: 원리(遠離) (wolli)
• → Vietnamese: viễn li (遠離)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
遠	離
おん Grade: 2	り Grade: S
goon	on’yomi

From an earlier borrowing of Middle Chinese 遠離 (MC hjwonX ljeH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​んり [óꜜǹrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞nɾʲi]

Noun

遠(おん)離(り) • (onri) ^{←をんり (wonri)?}

1. separation by a great distance
2. (Buddhism) detachment from all kinds of klesha

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
遠	離
えん Grade: 2	り Grade: S
kan’on	on’yomi

From a later borrowing of Middle Chinese 遠離 (MC hjwonX ljeH).

Noun

遠(えん)離(り) • (enri) ^{←ゑんり (wenri)?}

1. separation by a great distance
2. being far or detached from something

See also

• 遠(とお)離(ざか)る (tōzakaru)