yǎo

literary
common

Meaning of

杳 means distant and out of sight; remote and dim. Pronounced yǎo.

  • distant and out of sight; remote and dim

Character Info

Radical
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Definitions & Examples

Shí
nián
guò
le
 
yǎo
yīn
xìn
 

Ten years have passed without a single word from him.

Shī
zōng
de
dēng
shān
zhě
yǎo
zōng
 

The missing climbers vanished without a trace.

yáng
西
xià
 
yǎo
rán
 

The sun set in the west, and twilight grew dim and distant.

cóng
chū
guó
hòu
 
biàn便
yǎo
huáng
 

Since he went abroad, he has disappeared like the yellow crane—without a trace.