yǎo

杳

Character · Adjective

distant and out of sight; dim; silent

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

adjective

distant and out of sight; remote and dim

literary

Literary register. Describes something so far away it disappears from view, or a state of silence/no news. Commonly appears in set phrases.

Shí十
nián年
guò过
qù去
le了
 ，
tā他
yǎo杳
wú无
yīn音
xìn信
 。

Ten years have passed without a single word from him.

Shī失
zōng踪
de的
dēng登
shān山
zhě者
yǎo杳
wú无
zōng踪
jī迹
 。

The missing climbers vanished without a trace.

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Xī夕
yáng阳
xī西
xià下
 ，
mù暮
sè色
yǎo杳
rán然
 。

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

Zì自
cóng从
tā他
chū出
guó国
hòu后
 ，
biàn便
yǎo杳
rú如
huáng黄
hè鹤
 。

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