离 lí▶ chỉ ra khoảng cách giữa hai vật

Stroke order

离 is written in 10 strokes.

• 离

Senses

1. to leave
2. to part from
3. to be away from
4. (in giving distances) from
5. without (sth)
6. independent of
7. ☲

Example sentences

• 我家离商店不远。Wǒ jiā lí shāngdiàn bù yuǎn.My home is not far from the store.
• 学校离这儿很近。Xuéxiào lí zhèr hěn jìn.The school is very close to here.
• 我家离学校很近吗？Wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào hěn jìn ma?Is my home close to the school?
• 这里离北京远吗？Zhèlǐ lí Běijīng yuǎn ma?Is it far from here to Beijing?

Related words

• 离开rời đi; nghỉ phép
• 距离khoảng cách
• 离婚ly hôn
• 脱离Ly hôn với, tách rời khỏi
• 隔离kiểm dịch

离 is pronounced lí and means “chỉ ra khoảng cách giữa hai vật”. HSK 2 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 离 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.