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
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /ku²²⁻²¹ li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr-lî
  - Tâi-lô: kǐr-lî
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²² li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lî
  - Tâi-lô: kī-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixlii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ li¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-lī
  - Tâi-lô: kū-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ li²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lī
  - Tâi-lô: kī-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixli
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ li²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ li³³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐ-lî
  - Tâi-lô: kǐ-lî
  - 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

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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

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

距(きょ)離(り)感(かん) (kyorikan)
距(きょ)離(り)競(きょう)技(ぎ) (kyori kyōgi)
距(きょ)離(り)空(くう)間(かん) (kyori kūkan)
距(きょ)離(り)計(けい) (kyorikei)
距(きょ)離(り)梯(はし)子(ご) (kyori hashigo)
距(きょ)離(り)標(ひょう) (kyorihyō)

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

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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