老远

老遠

lǎoyuǎn

adjective HSK 7 #5,489

Meanings

1 very far
2 a great distance

Characters

very (intensifier)

Examples

我老远就看见他了。

Wǒ lǎoyuǎn jiù kànjiàn tā le.

I spotted him from very far away.

他从老远跑过来。

Tā cóng lǎoyuǎn pǎo guòlái.

He ran over from a great distance.

Tips

grammar

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

usage

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

Stroke Order

老 lǎo

远 yuǎn