Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

talking about distance

47.4

47.4.1 talking about ‘near’ and ‘far’

To say that one object or place is (very) far from another object or place, say:

noun phrase 1 离/離 lí noun phrase 2 (很)远/遠 (hěn) yuǎn

我家离图书馆很远。

我家離圖書館很遠。

Wǒ jiā lí túshūguǎn hěn yuǎn.

My house is very far from the library.

To say that one object or place is (very) close to another object or place, say:

noun phrase 1 离/離 lí noun phrase 2 (很)近 (hěn) jìn

公园离学校(很)近。

公園離學校(很)近。

Gōngyuán lí xuéxiào (hěn) jìn.

The park is very close to the school.

To say that an object or place is close to your present location, say:

noun phrase 1 离/離这儿/這兒(很)近 lí zhèr (hěn) jìn

or

noun phrase 1 离/離这里/這裏(很)近 lí zhèlǐ (hěn) jìn

公园离这儿(很)近。

公園離這兒(很)近。

Gōngyuán lí zhèr (hěn) jìn.

The park is (very) close to here.

学校离这里(很)近。

學校離這裏(很)近。

Xuéxiào lí zhèlǐ (hěn) jìn.

The school is (very) close to here.

To say that an object or place is far from your present location, say:

noun phrase 1 离/離这儿/這兒(很)远/遠 lí zhèr (hěn) yuǎn

or

noun phrase 1 离/離这里/這裏(很)远/遠 lí zhèlǐ (hěn) yuǎn

公园离这儿(很)远。

公園離這兒(很)遠。

Gōngyuán lí zhèr (hěn) yuǎn.

The park is (very) far from here.

学校离这里(很)远。

學校離這裏(很)遠。

Xuéxiào lí zhèlǐ (hěn) yuǎn.

The school is (very) far from here.