远 (遠) yuǎn

  1. yuǎn adjective far; distant
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 远 means 遥远. For example, 稍微远一点儿就看不见 'if it was a little further away then [she] could not see it' (GHC '远' 1; Kroll 2015 '遠' 1, p. 577; Ye Shengtao 1999, p. 10)
  2. yuǎn adjective far-reaching
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 深远 (GHC '远' 4; Kroll 2015 '遠' 2, p. 577)
  3. yuǎn verb separated from
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '远' 3; Kroll 2015 '遠' 3, p. 577)
  4. yuàn verb estranged from
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 疏远 (GHC '远' 9; Kroll 2015 '遠' 3a, p. 577)
  5. yuǎn noun milkwort
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Plant 植物
    Notes: Bound in 远志; a medicinal plant (Kroll 2015 '遠' 4, p. 577)
  6. yuǎn adjective long ago
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 远 means 久远 (GHC '远' 2; Kroll 2015 '遠' 1, p. 577)
  7. yuǎn adjective long-range
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 远 means 远大 (GHC '远' 5).
  8. yuǎn noun a remote area
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 远 means 远地 (GHC '远' 6).
  9. yuǎn proper noun Yuan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '远' 7)
  10. yuàn verb to leave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 远 means 离开 (GHC '远' 8)
  11. yuàn verb to violate; to be contrary to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 远 means 违背 (GHC '远' 10)
  12. yuǎn adjective distant; dura
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dūra, or: viprakṛṣṭa, Tibetan: rgyang ring ba, Japanese: on (BCSD '远', p. 1163; DJBT '遠', p. 437; Mahāvyutpatti 'viprakṛṣṭaḥ'; MW 'dūra')

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