Definition
距离 (jù lí) is both a noun ('distance') and a verb ('to be apart from'). As a verb, it is more formal than the everyday 离 (lí) and is used for measured distances; 距 (jù) is even more formal (common in math). 远离 (yuǎn lí) adds the sense of 'keeping away', and 隔 (gé) emphasizes 'separated by' an interval.
noun
distance
verb
to be apart fromto be at a distance from
Measure word · 个
Easily confused
- 举例jǔ lìsound-aliketo give an example
Examples
- 距离。Zhè liǎng gè fángzi zhījiān de jù lí hěn jìn.The distance between these two houses is very short.
- 距离。Chāoshì jù lí xuéxiào zhǐ yǒu liǎng bǎi mǐ.The supermarket is only two hundred meters away from the school.
- 距离？Zhè liǎng gè dìfang zhījiān de jù lí shì duōshǎo?What is the distance between these two places?
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