老远

老遠

lǎoyuǎn

adjective HSK 7-9 #5,489

Meanings

HSK 1

我老远就看见他了。

Wǒ lǎoyuǎn jiù kànjiàn tā le.

I spotted him from very far away.

HSK 2

他从老远跑过来。

Tā cóng lǎoyuǎn pǎo guòlái.

He ran over from a great distance.

grammar

老 here is a colloquial intensifier meaning 'very' or 'really', as in 老远 (very far) and 老大 (very big). This usage is informal.

usage

Often used with 就 in the pattern 老远就… meaning 'from far away, already…'

老 lǎo

远 yuǎn