yuán

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  • 1

    adj.fmlprimary; basic; initial; fundamental; original

    • tā men huí yuán dān wèi le

      他们单位

      They've gone back to their former work units.

    • zhè yuán shì yī jiàn hào shì

      好事

      This was a good thing.

    • zhè běn shū de yuán zuò zhě shì tā

      作者

      The original author of this book is he.

  • 2

    v.excuse; pardon; forgive

    • yuán yòu

      forgive

    • qíng yǒu kě yuán

      excusable

    • yuán liàng

      excuse

  • 3

    adj.fmlunprocessed; raw; crude; natural; unrefined

    • yuán yóu

      crude oil

    • yuán méi

      raw coal

    • yuán liào

      raw materials

  • 4

    n.open country; plain; level country

    • gāo yuán

      plateau

    • píng yuán

      plain

    • yuán yě

      open country

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Chinese Characters with pinyin yuán

  • chief;first
  • round; circle
  • garden; a place for public recreation
  • source of a river; cause
  • person engaged in some field of activities; member