# 距離
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jùlí
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi$^5$ lei$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khî-lì
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kū-lî / kǐr-lî / kī-lî / kū-lī / kī-lī / kǐ-lî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ge$^6$ li$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jùlí
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyùlí
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$-li$^2$
*** Yale: jyù-lí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhli
*** Palladius: цзюйли (czjujli)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹ li³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^5$ lei$^4$
*** Yale: kéuih lèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^5$ lei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^5$ léi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯¹³ lei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî-lì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki$^ˊ$ li$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ki$^1$ li$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴ li¹¹/
* 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: ge$^6$ li$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆ lî
*** Sinological IPA : /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

* → Korean: 거리(距離) (geori)
* → Vietnamese: cự li (距離)

### See also

* 間隔／间隔 (jiàngé)

## 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.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きょり [kyóꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kʲo̞ɾʲi]

### Noun

距(きょ)離(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”).