Japanese Word Entry
最短距離| Kana: | さいたんきょり |
| Romaji: | saitankyori |
| Definition: | shortest distance (to) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 最 | utmost, most, extreme, extremely, exceedingly |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄗㄨㄟˋ (zuì), ㄘㄨㄛ (cuō) |
| Cantonese: | zeoi3 |
| Japanese: | サイ (sai)、 シュ (shu) / もっと.も (mottomo)、 つま (tsuma)、 も (mo) |
| Korean: | 최 (choe) |
| Vietnamese: | tối |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 㝡 |
| 短 | short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point, brief, deficient, lacking |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄨㄢˇ (duǎn) |
| Cantonese: | dyun2 |
| Japanese: | タン (tan) / みじか.い (mijikai) |
| Korean: | 단 (dan) |
| Vietnamese: | đoản |
| 距 | long-distance, spur, fetlock, distance, bird's spur |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄩˋ (jù) |
| Cantonese: | keoi5 |
| Japanese: | キョ (kyo) / へだ.たる (hedataru)、 けづめ (kedume)、 けずめ (kezume)、 たがう (tagau)、 へだてる (hedateru) |
| Korean: | 거 (geo) |
| Vietnamese: | cự, cựa |
| 離 | detach, separation, disjoin, digress, leave, depart, go away, separate |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄌㄧˊ (lí), ㄌㄧˋ (lì), ㄌㄧˇ (lǐ), ㄔ (chī), ㄍㄨˇ (gǔ) |
| Cantonese: | lei4 |
| Japanese: | リ (ri) / はな.れる (hanareru)、 はな.す (hanasu)、 つく (tsuku) |
| Korean: | 리 (ri), 이 (i) |
| Vietnamese: | ly, li |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 离 |