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

(Hailu, HRS): rhau rhan^ˊ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo² oeng³ / ieo² yoeng³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iâu-oán

(Teochew, Peng'im): iao⁵ iang²

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: ieu^ˇ ien^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² yan³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯¹¹ i̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-yán
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu^ˇ (r)ian^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² yan³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹ (j)i̯an³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhau rhan^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒau⁵⁵ ʒan²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo² oeng³ [Phonetic: ieo⁵ oeng³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: á̤u-ê̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³⁻¹¹ œŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo² yoeng³ [Phonetic: ieo⁵ yoeng³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu²⁴⁻²¹ yøŋ³³²/
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/

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/	/ɦʉɐn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/ɦʷiɐn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/ɣiuɐn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/ɦuan^X/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/ɣiuɐn^X/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/ɣĭwɐn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/i̯wɐn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	yuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu⁴	jyun⁵

Adjective

遙遠

faraway; distant; remote

Synonyms

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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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遙	遠
よう Jinmeiyō	えん Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 遙遠 – see the following entry.

【遥遠ようえん】

[adjective] faraway

[noun] farawayness

(This term, 遙遠, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)