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離

lí

Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
Preposition

離 (lí) is a Chinese word meaning “to leave”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. surname Li
  2. to leave
  3. to part from
  4. to be away from
  5. (in giving distances) from
  6. without (sth)
  7. independent of
  8. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire
  9. ☲

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Example

台北離台南有點遠，要坐高鐵。

Taipei is a bit far from Tainan; you need to take the high-speed rail.

Related words at this level

啦拉老闆老人臉練習聊天離開

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).