No. 779 in Chinese
公里
Kilometer.
In a sentence
这条自行车道的总长度是五公里。
The total length of this bike path is five kilometers.
In this sentence, '公里' is used as a unit of measure for length or distance, indicating five kilometers.
我们已经走了三公里，但还没有到达目的地。
We have walked three kilometers, but we haven't reached our destination yet.
Here, '公里' again represents a unit of distance, emphasizing the length covered or to be covered.
这个城市到最近的机场约四十公里远。
This city is about forty kilometers away from the nearest airport.
'公里' is utilized to express the spatial separation between two locations, providing a quantitative measure of distance.
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