| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 远 | 遠 | yuǎn | - far - distant - remote - (intensifier in a comparison) by far - much (lower etc) |
| 远 | 遠 | yuàn | - to distance oneself from (classical) |
| 中远 | 中遠 | Zhōngyuǎn | - abbr. for 中遠集團|中远集团[Zhong1 yuan3 Ji2 tuan2], COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) |
| 久远 | 久遠 | jiǔyuǎn | - old - ancient - far away |
| 偏远 | 偏遠 | piānyuǎn | - remote - far from civilization |
| 僻远 | 僻遠 | pìyuǎn | - remote and faraway |
| 威远 | 威遠 | Wēiyuǎn | - Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江[Nei4 jiang1], Sichuan |
| 安远 | 安遠 | Ānyuǎn | - Anyuan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi |
| 定远 | 定遠 | Dìngyuǎn | - Dingyuan county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 宁远 | 寧遠 | Níngyuǎn | - Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan |
| 差远 | 差遠 | chàyuǎn | - inferior - not up to par - to fall far short - to be mistaken |
| 平远 | 平遠 | Píngyuǎn | - Pingyuan county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong |
| 悠远 | 悠遠 | yōuyuǎn | - long time ago - distant - far away |
| 怀远 | 懷遠 | Huáiyuǎn | - Huaiyuan county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui |
| 扯远 | 扯遠 | chěyuǎn | - to digress - to get sidetracked - to go off on a tangent |
| 招远 | 招遠 | Zhāoyuǎn | - Zhaoyuan county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong |
| 抚远 | 撫遠 | Fǔyuǎn | - Fuyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jia1 mu4 si1], Heilongjiang |
| 最远 | 最遠 | zuìyuǎn | - furthest - most distant - at maximum distance |
| 永远 | 永遠 | yǒngyuǎn | - forever - eternal |
| 深远 | 深遠 | shēnyuǎn | - far-reaching - profound and long-lasting |
| 渊远 | 淵遠 | yuānyuǎn | - deep - profound |
| 清远 | 清遠 | Qīngyuǎn | - Qingyuan prefecture level city in Guangdong |
| 渺远 | 渺遠 | miǎoyuǎn | - distantly remote - also written 邈遠|邈远[miao3 yuan3] |
| 玄远 | 玄遠 | xuányuǎn | - profound - abstruse mystery |
| 甩远 | 甩遠 | shuǎiyuǎn | - to cast far from oneself - to leave sb far behind - to outdistance |
| 疏远 | 疏遠 | shūyuǎn | - to drift apart - to become estranged - to alienate - estrangement |
| 绥远 | 綏遠 | Suíyuǎn | - old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia |
| 绵远 | 綿遠 | miányuǎn | - remote |
| 老远 | 老遠 | lǎoyuǎn | - very far away |
| 跳远 | 跳遠 | tiàoyuǎn | - long jump (athletics) |
| 迂远 | 迂遠 | yūyuǎn | - impractical |
| 遥远 | 遙遠 | yáoyuǎn | - distant - remote |
| 远人 | 遠人 | yuǎnrén | - an estranged person - sb who is alienated - people far from home |
| 远劳 | 遠勞 | yuǎnláo | - you have made a long and exhausting journey (套语 polite talk) - you will make a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a far away place) |
| 远古 | 遠古 | yuǎngǔ | - antiquity - ancient times |
| 远因 | 遠因 | yuǎnyīn | - indirect cause - remote cause |
| 远大 | 遠大 | yuǎndà | - far-reaching - broad - ambitious - promising |
| 远天 | 遠天 | yuǎntiān | - heaven - the distant sky |
| 远安 | 遠安 | Yuǎnān | - Yuan'an county in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei |
| 远客 | 遠客 | yuǎnkè | - guest from afar |
| 远征 | 遠征 | yuǎnzhēng | - an expedition, esp. military - march to remote regions |
| 远志 | 遠志 | yuǎnzhì | - far-reaching ambition - lofty ideal - milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
| 远虑 | 遠慮 | yuǎnlǜ | - long term (considerations) - (to take) the long view |
| 远房 | 遠房 | yuǎnfáng | - distantly related - a distant relative |
| 远扬 | 遠揚 | yuǎnyáng | - (fame) spreads far and wide |
| 远方 | 遠方 | yuǎnfāng | - far away - a distant location |
| 远景 | 遠景 | yuǎnjǐng | - prospect - long-range view |
| 远望 | 遠望 | yuǎnwàng | - to gaze afar - to look into the distance |
| 远期 | 遠期 | yuǎnqī | - long term (loan) - at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment) - abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约[yuan3 qi1 he2 yue1], forward contract (finance) |
| 远东 | 遠東 | Yuǎndōng | - Far East (loanword) |
| 远洋 | 遠洋 | yuǎnyáng | - distant seas - the open ocean (far from the coast) |
| 远涉 | 遠涉 | yuǎnshè | - to cross (the wide ocean) |
| 远略 | 遠略 | yuǎnlüè | - long-term strategy |
| 远眺 | 遠眺 | yuǎntiào | - to gaze into the distance |
| 远祖 | 遠祖 | yuǎnzǔ | - a remote ancestor |
| 远程 | 遠程 | yuǎnchéng | - remote - long distance - long range |
| 远端 | 遠端 | yuǎnduān | - far end - remote end - remote - distant |
| 远缘 | 遠緣 | yuǎnyuán | - distantly related - remote affinity |
| 远胄 | 遠胄 | yuǎnzhòu | - distant descendants |
| 远航 | 遠航 | yuǎnháng | - distant sea voyage |
| 远处 | 遠處 | yuǎnchù | - distant place |
| 远行 | 遠行 | yuǎnxíng | - a long journey - far from home |
| 远见 | 遠見 | yuǎnjiàn | - vision |
| 远视 | 遠視 | yuǎnshì | - farsighted - hyperopia or hypermetropia (farsightedness) |
| 远亲 | 遠親 | yuǎnqīn | - a distant relative |
| 远谋 | 遠謀 | yuǎnmóu | - a long term plan - an ambitious strategy |
| 远识 | 遠識 | yuǎnshí | - foresight |
| 远赴 | 遠赴 | yuǎnfù | - to travel to (a distant place) |
| 远足 | 遠足 | yuǎnzú | - excursion - hike - march |
| 远近 | 遠近 | yuǎnjìn | - far and near - distance |
| 远途 | 遠途 | yuǎntú | - long-distance - long-haul |
| 远游 | 遠遊 | yuǎnyóu | - to travel far - distant wanderings |
| 远远 | 遠遠 | yuǎnyuǎn | - distant |
| 远避 | 遠避 | yuǎnbì | - to keep at a distance - to forsake |
| 远郊 | 遠郊 | yuǎnjiāo | - outer suburbs - remote outskirts of a city |
| 远销 | 遠銷 | yuǎnxiāo | - to sell to faraway lands |
| 远门 | 遠門 | yuǎnmén | - (to go to) distant parts - faraway - a distant relative |
| 远离 | 遠離 | yuǎnlí | - to be far from - to keep away from |
| 辽远 | 遼遠 | liáoyuǎn | - distant - far away - remote |
| 邈远 | 邈遠 | miǎoyuǎn | - see 渺遠|渺远[miao3 yuan3] |
| 边远 | 邊遠 | biānyuǎn | - far from the center - remote - outlying |
| 镇远 | 鎮遠 | Zhènyuǎn | - Zhenyuan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 长远 | 長遠 | chángyuǎn | - long-term - long-range |
| 开远 | 開遠 | Kāiyuǎn | - Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 靖远 | 靖遠 | Jìngyuǎn | - Jingyuan county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[Bai2 yin2], Gansu |
| 骛远 | 騖遠 | wùyuǎn | - over ambitious |
| 高远 | 高遠 | gāoyuǎn | - lofty |
| 大老远 | 大老遠 | dàlǎoyuǎn | - very far away |
| 威远县 | 威遠縣 | Wēiyuǎnxiàn | - Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江[Nei4 jiang1], Sichuan |
| 安远县 | 安遠縣 | Ānyuǎnxiàn | - Anyuan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi |
| 定远营 | 定遠營 | Dìngyuǎnyíng | - old name of Bayan Hot 巴彥浩特|巴彦浩特[Ba1 yan4 Hao4 te4], capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia |
| 定远县 | 定遠縣 | Dìngyuǎnxiàn | - Dingyuan county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 宁远县 | 寧遠縣 | Níngyuǎnxiàn | - Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan |
| 平远县 | 平遠縣 | Píngyuǎnxiàn | - Pingyuan county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong |
| 惠远寺 | 惠遠寺 | Huìyuǎnsì | - Huiyuan Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan |
| 怀远县 | 懷遠縣 | Huáiyuǎnxiàn | - Huaiyuan county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui |
| 招远市 | 招遠市 | Zhāoyuǎnshì | - Zhaoyuan county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong |
| 抚远县 | 撫遠縣 | Fǔyuǎnxiàn | - Fuyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jia1 mu4 si1], Heilongjiang |
| 望远镜 | 望遠鏡 | wàngyuǎnjìng | - binoculars - telescope - CL:付[fu4],副[fu4],部[bu4] |
| 李怀远 | 李懷遠 | LǐHuáiyuǎn | - Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official |
| 李远哲 | 李遠哲 | LǐYuǎnzhé | - Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986 |
| 杨致远 | 楊致遠 | YángZhìyuǎn | - Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo |
| 清远市 | 清遠市 | Qīngyuǎnshì | - Qingyuan prefecture level city in Guangdong province |
| 绥远省 | 綏遠省 | Suíyuǎnshěng | - former Suiyuan province in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi |
| 绕远儿 | 繞遠兒 | ràoyuǎnr | - the road twists here and there - to make a detour - to take a long way around |
| 远光灯 | 遠光燈 | yuǎnguāngdēng | - high beam (headlights) |
| 远地点 | 遠地點 | yuǎndìdiǎn | - apsis |
| 远安县 | 遠安縣 | Yuǎnānxiàn | - Yuan'an county in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei |
| 远征军 | 遠征軍 | yuǎnzhēngjūn | - expeditionary force - army on a distant expedition |
| 远日点 | 遠日點 | yuǎnrìdiǎn | - aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun - opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点[jin4 ri4 dian3] - higher apsis |
| 远东豹 | 遠東豹 | Yuǎndōngbào | - Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) |
| 远超过 | 遠超過 | yuǎnchāoguò | - to exceed by far - to outclass |
| 远距离 | 遠距離 | yuǎnjùlí | - long-distance |
| 镇远县 | 鎮遠縣 | Zhènyuǎnxiàn | - Zhenyuan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 开远市 | 開遠市 | Kāiyuǎnshì | - Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 靖远县 | 靖遠縣 | Jìngyuǎnxiàn | - Jingyuan county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[Bai2 yin2], Gansu |
| 马致远 | 馬致遠 | MǎZhìyuǎn | - Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 si4 da4 jia1] |
| 三级跳远 | 三級跳遠 | sānjítiàoyuǎn | - triple jump (athletics) - hop, skip and jump |
| 不远千里 | 不遠千里 | bùyuǎnqiānlǐ | - make light of traveling a thousand li - go to the trouble of traveling a long distance |
| 中远集团 | 中遠集團 | ZhōngyuǎnJítuán | - COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) |
| 任重道远 | 任重道遠 | rènzhòngdàoyuǎn | - a heavy load and a long road - fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) |
| 前程远大 | 前程遠大 | qiánchéngyuǎndà | - to have a future full of promise |
| 哆啰美远 | 哆囉美遠 | Duōluōměiyuǎn | - Torobiawan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 天差地远 | 天差地遠 | tiānchādìyuǎn | - poles apart (idiom) - entirely different |
| 好高骛远 | 好高騖遠 | hàogāowùyuǎn | - to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) - to aim too high |
| 寓意深远 | 寓意深遠 | yùyìshēnyuǎn | - the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications |
| 宁静致远 | 寧靜致遠 | níngjìngzhìyuǎn | - tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study - cf Still waters run deep. |
| 小花远志 | 小花遠志 | xiǎohuāyuǎnzhì | - small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
| 慎终追远 | 慎終追遠 | shènzhōngzhuīyuǎn | - to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites |
| 敬而远之 | 敬而遠之 | jìngéryuǎnzhī | - to show respect from a distance (idiom) - to remain at a respectful distance |
| 有失远迎 | 有失遠迎 | yǒushīyuǎnyíng | - (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you |
| 望远镜座 | 望遠鏡座 | Wàngyuǎnjìngzuò | - Telescopium (constellation) |
| 极目远望 | 極目遠望 | jímùyuǎnwàng | - as far as the eye can see |
| 历史久远 | 歷史久遠 | lìshǐjiǔyuǎn | - ancient history |
| 永永远远 | 永永遠遠 | yǒngyǒngyuǎnyuǎn | - for ever and ever |
| 深谋远虑 | 深謀遠慮 | shēnmóuyuǎnlǜ | - lit. deep plans and distant thoughts - to plan far ahead (idiom) |
| 深谋远略 | 深謀遠略 | shēnmóuyuǎnlüè | - a well-thought out long-term strategy |
| 源远流长 | 源遠流長 | yuányuǎnliúcháng | - lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past - a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then |
| 渐行渐远 | 漸行漸遠 | jiànxíngjiànyuǎn | - gradually proceed, gradually get further apart |
| 无穷远点 | 無窮遠點 | wúqióngyuǎndiǎn | - point at infinity (math.) - infinitely distant point |
| 无远弗届 | 無遠弗屆 | wúyuǎnfújiè | - to extend all over the globe (idiom) - far-reaching |
| 登高望远 | 登高望遠 | dēnggāowàngyuǎn | - to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view - acute foresight |
| 立定跳远 | 立定跳遠 | lìdìngtiàoyuǎn | - standing long jump |
| 臭名远扬 | 臭名遠揚 | chòumíngyuǎnyáng | - stinking reputation - notorious far and wide |
| 言近旨远 | 言近旨遠 | yánjìnzhǐyuǎn | - simple words with a profound meaning (idiom) |
| 贵远贱近 | 貴遠賤近 | guìyuǎnjiànjìn | - to revere the past and despise the present (idiom) |
| 路途遥远 | 路途遙遠 | lùtúyáoyuǎn | - distant - far-flung |
| 远大理想 | 遠大理想 | yuǎndàlǐxiǎng | - lofty ideal |
| 远方来鸿 | 遠方來鴻 | yuǎnfāngláihóng | - letter from afar (literary) |
| 远期合约 | 遠期合約 | yuǎnqīhéyuē | - forward contract (finance) |
| 远未解决 | 遠未解決 | yuǎnwèijiějué | - far from solved |
| 远东山雀 | 遠東山雀 | Yuǎndōngshānquè | - (Chinese bird species) Japanese tit (Parus minor) |
| 远东树莺 | 遠東樹鶯 | Yuǎndōngshùyīng | - (Chinese bird species) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis borealis) |
| 远东苇莺 | 遠東葦鶯 | Yuǎndōngwěiyīng | - (Chinese bird species) Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum) |
| 远渡重洋 | 遠渡重洋 | yuǎndùchóngyáng | - to travel across the oceans |
| 远程导弹 | 遠程導彈 | yuǎnchéngdǎodàn | - long distance missile |
| 远程登录 | 遠程登錄 | yuǎnchéngdēnglù | - telnet - rlogin - remote login |
| 远程监控 | 遠程監控 | yuǎnchéngjiānkòng | - RMON - remote monitoring |
| 远端胞浆 | 遠端胞漿 | yuǎnduānbāojiāng | - distal cytoplasm |
| 远端转移 | 遠端轉移 | yuǎnduānzhuǎnyí | - metastasis |
| 远见卓识 | 遠見卓識 | yuǎnjiànzhuóshí | - visionary and sagacious (idiom) |
| 远走高飞 | 遠走高飛 | yuǎnzǒugāofēi | - to go far - to escape to faraway places |
| 远近皆知 | 遠近皆知 | yuǎnjìnjiēzhī | - known far and wide (idiom) |
| 远远超过 | 遠遠超過 | yuǎnyuǎnchāoguò | - surpassing by far |
| 远门近枝 | 遠門近枝 | yuǎnménjìnzhī | - near and distant relatives |
| 远隔千里 | 遠隔千里 | yuǎngéqiānlǐ | - thousands of miles away - far away |
| 远非如此 | 遠非如此 | yuǎnfēirúcǐ | - far from it being so (idiom) |
| 长辔远驭 | 長轡遠馭 | chángpèiyuǎnyù | - to control from a distance (idiom) |
| 高瞻远瞩 | 高瞻遠矚 | gāozhānyuǎnzhǔ | - to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view - acute foresight |
| 高举远蹈 | 高舉遠蹈 | gāojǔyuǎndǎo | - to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray |
| 高飞远走 | 高飛遠走 | gāofēiyuǎnzǒu | - to fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place |
| 中远太平洋 | 中遠太平洋 | ZhōngyuǎnTàipíngyáng | - COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company |
| 十字军远征 | 十字軍遠征 | shízìjūnyuǎnzhēng | - the Crusades |
| 君子远庖厨 | 君子遠庖廚 | jūnzǐyuànpáochú | - lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) - fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen |
| 哆啰美远族 | 哆囉美遠族 | Duōluōměiyuǎnzú | - Torobiawan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 抚远三角洲 | 撫遠三角洲 | Fǔyuǎnsānjiǎozhōu | - Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk - same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛 |
| 望远瞄准镜 | 望遠瞄準鏡 | wàngyuǎnmiàozhǔnjìng | - telescopic sight - scope (on a rifle) |
| 远距离监视 | 遠距離監視 | yuǎnjùlíjiānshì | - off-site monitoring |
| 双筒望远镜 | 雙筒望遠鏡 | shuāngtǒngwàngyuǎnjìng | - binoculars |
| 中远香港集团 | 中遠香港集團 | ZhōngyuǎnXiāngGǎngJítuán | - COSCO Hong Kong Group |
| 敬鬼神而远之 | 敬鬼神而遠之 | jìngguǐshénéryuǎnzhī | - to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance |
| 远水不救近火 | 遠水不救近火 | yuǎnshuǐbùjiùjìnhuǒ | - see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3] |
| 远水不解近渴 | 遠水不解近渴 | yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě | - lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need - a slow remedy does not address immediate needs |
| 远亲不如近邻 | 遠親不如近鄰 | yuǎnqīnbùrújìnlín | - A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers. |
| 哈伯太空望远镜 | 哈伯太空望遠鏡 | HābóTàikōngWàngyuǎnjìng | - Hubble Space Telescope |
| 远水救不了近火 | 遠水救不了近火 | yuǎnshuǐjiùbuliǎojìnhuǒ | - lit. water from afar quenches not fire; fig. urgent need - a slow remedy does not address the current emergency |
| 中远太平洋有限公司 | 中遠太平洋有限公司 | zhōngyuǎnTàipíngyángyǒuxiàngōngsī | - COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company |
| 人无远虑，必有近忧 | 人無遠慮，必有近憂 | rénwúyuǎnlǜ,bìyǒujìnyōu | - He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). - Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. |
| 穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲 | 窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親 | qióngzàinàoshìwúrénwèn,fùzàishēnshānyǒuyuǎnqīn | - the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain |
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