遙遠

See also: 遥远

Chinese

		distant; remote; far distant; remote; far; far away	far; distant; remote
trad. (遙遠)		遙	遠
simp. (遥远)		遥	远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáoyuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ jyun⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèu-yén / yèu-yán
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iâu-oán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iao⁵ iang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáoyuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáoyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-yüan³
    • Yale: yáu-ywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yauyeuan
    • Palladius: яоюань (jaojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ jyun⁵
    • Yale: yìuh yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ jyːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-yén
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieuˇ ien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu<sup>2</sup> yan<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯¹¹ i̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-yán
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieuˇ (r)ian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² yan³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹ (j)i̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu-oán
    • Tâi-lô: iâu-uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau'oarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²⁴⁻²² uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau²⁴⁻²² uan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau¹³⁻²² uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau²⁴⁻¹¹ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³⁻³³ uan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iao⁵ iang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâu iáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iaŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: yew hjwonX

Rime
Character	遙	遠
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	餘昭切	雲阮切
Baxter	yew	hjwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/ɦʉɐnX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/ɦʷiɐnX/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/ɣiuɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/ɦuanX/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/ɣiuɐnX/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/ɣĭwɐnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/i̯wɐnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	yuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	jyun5

Adjective

遙遠

1. faraway; distant; remote

Synonyms

• 偏僻 (piānpì)
• 偏遠／偏远 (piānyuǎn)
• 僻遠／僻远 (Hokkien)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary)
• 蔽塞 (bìsè)
• 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
• 迢遙／迢遥 (tiáoyáo) (literary)
• 遼遠／辽远 (liáoyuǎn)
• 邊遠／边远 (biānyuǎn)
• 閉塞／闭塞 (bìsè)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遙遠):

• → Japanese: 遥遠(ようえん) (yōen)
• → Korean: 요원(遙遠) (yowon)