Thursday 1 September 2022

riao7 趭 and heng6 遠 hng6

趭遠

Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses riao7 and heng6

riao7

to chase, to run

heng6 / hng6

遠|远

far away, distant, remote

Lao6nang5 riao7 gao2 ke3 heng6

老人趭狗去遠|老人趭狗去远

Old people chase a dog, goes far.

riao7

riao7zao2

趭走

to chase away or to drive something away

riao7gho5

趭鵝|趭鹅

to keep an eye on a gaggle of geese

riao7gho5 does not mean to chase after geese but actually mean keeping an eye on a gaggle [a flock of geese is called a gaggle]

riao7ah4

趭鴨|趭鸭

to keep an eye on a paddle of ducks

iang2 [he said iêng2 with his Teochew City accent]

iao5iang2

遙遠|遥远

distant, remote

iang2dai6

遠大|远大

far reaching, promising, ambitious

iang2huang1

遠方|远方

far away, a distant place

dêng1gao1mo7iang2

登高望遠|登高望远

to stand tall and see faraway (an idiom); taking a long broad view, acute foresight

heng6

ge6li5 guê3 heng6

距離過遠|距离过远

huge distances, very distant places, great distances between

距離很遠|距离很远

 


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