Pictographic: An animal standing straight; 亠 is the headRadical:

meaning for :

  • - to leave
  • - to part from
  • - to be away from
  • - (in giving distances) from
  • - without (sth)
  • - independent of
  • - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 , symbolizing fire
  • -

meaning for chī:

  • - mythical beast (archaic)

huǒchēzhàn火车站
wǒjiā我家
hěnyuàn很远

The train station is far away from my home.


huǒchēzhàn火车站
zhèr这儿
yǒu
duō
yuàn

How far is the train station from here?


chángjiāng长江
chà
zhūjiāng珠江
cháng
liǎngbèi两倍

The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.


wǒjiā我家
wèiyú位于
jiāoqū郊区
suǒyǐ所以
shìqū市区
yǒudiǎn有点
yuǎn

My home is in the suburb, so it's a bit far from the city.


de
jiā
xuéxiào学校
tǐng
yuǎn

Her house is quite far from the school.