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

(Hailu, HRS): ki^ˋ li
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gy⁵ li²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kū-lî / kǐr-lî / kī-lî / kū-lī / kī-lī / kǐ-lî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶ li⁵

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî-lì
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˊ li^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹ li²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴ li¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˋ li
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵³ li⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gy⁵ li²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳ̄-lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky¹¹ li¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gy⁵ li²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky²¹ li²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lî
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxlii
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /ku²²⁻²¹ li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr-lî
  - Tâi-lô: kǐr-lî
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²² li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lî
  - Tâi-lô: kī-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixlii
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ li¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lī
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxli
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ li²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lī
  - Tâi-lô: kī-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixli
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ li²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ li³³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐ-lî
  - Tâi-lô: kǐ-lî
  - Sinological 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

(literally, figuratively) distance (Classifier: 段)

Synonyms

(literary, or in compounds) 距 (jù)

Verb

距離

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):

→ Japanese: 距(きょ)離(り) (kyori)
→ Korean: 거리(距離) (geori)
→ Vietnamese: cự li (距離)

Japanese

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

距離 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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

First cited in the 和蘭字彙 (Oranda Jii, “Dutch Dictionary”), published in two parts in 1855 and 1858.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ɾʲi]
(Tokyo) きょり [kyóꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]^[4]

Noun

距(きょ)離(り) • (kyori) ^{←きより (kyori)^?}

[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.
[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

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“距離”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
距	離

Noun

距離 • (geori) (hangeul 거리)

hanja form^? of 거리 (“distance”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
距	離

Noun

距離

chữ Hán form of cự ly (“distance”)

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK7-4] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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