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yuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuán | yuan2
English translation
person
employee
member
employee; member; personnel, staff

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About yuán

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

yuán

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

money

Etymology of yuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口贝

Semantic compound

Bèi

Explanation

Simplified form of yuán . Depicts the round opening ( kǒu ) of a cooking pot ( dǐng ). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as yuán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using yuán

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作为 zuòwéi míng 足球 zú qiú 队员 duì yuán , shuí dōu chāo 不过 bùguò .

As a football player he is second to none.

演员 yǎnyuán 不出声地 hēng zhāo shǒu 已经 yǐjīng 事先 shìxiān hǎo yīn de 歌曲 gē qǔ .

The actor mouthed the words of the recorded song.

委员 wěiyuán huì de 委员 wěiyuán men dōu shì xiē 年轻 niánqīng 妇女 fùnǚ , hěn hǎo de 履行 lǚxíng le 她们 tā men de 职责 zhí zé .

The committee, who were all young women, fulfilled their duties admirably.

shì 唯一 wéiyī wèi páo jìn 13 miǎo de 运动员 yùn dòng yuán .

He was the only runner to under 13 seconds.

消防 xiāofáng 队员 duì yuán 着火 zháohuǒ de 椅子 yǐzi chū 窗外.

The fireman flung the burning chair out of the window.

Words with yuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
人员 rényuán staff人員
yuán person yuán
演员 yǎnyuán performer演員
成员 chéngyuán member成員
委员会 wěi yuán huì committee委員會
队员 duì yuán team member隊員
员工 yuángōng staff員工
球员 qiú yuán sports club member球員
官员 guān yuán administrator官員
工作人员 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member工作人員
议员 yì yuán representative議員
运动员 yùn dòng yuán athlete運動員
委员 wěiyuán committee委員
会员 huì yuán member會員
参议员 cān yì yuán senator參議員
党员 dǎng yuán political party member黨員
通讯员 tōng xùn yuán correspondent通訊員
飞行员 fēi xíng yuán pilot飛行員
服务员 fúwùyuán waiter服務員
雇员 gù yuán employee雇員
公务员 gōng wù yuán functionary公務員
学员 xué yuán student學員
船员 chuán yuán sailor船員
职员 zhí yuán office worker職員

yuán Decomposition & Compounds

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yuán Decomposition

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yuán Compounds

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