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元旦 Yuándàn

元旦 Yuándàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 元旦 Yuándàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yuándàn | Yuan2 dan4
English translation
New Year's Day

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Traditional form

元旦 Yuándàn

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 元旦 Yuándàn

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Yuán

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with two lines added at the head area, representing the meaning the meaning "head" or "first".

Positional decomposition

二儿

Number of Strokes

4
dàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of the sun rising above the horizon.

Positional decomposition

日一

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 元旦 Yuándàn

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元旦 Yuándàn shì Quán 英国 Yīng guó de 公众 gōng zhòng 假日 jià rì

New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.

元旦 Yuándàn Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 元旦 Yuándàn and their own compounds.

元旦 Yuándàn Compounds

See all 102 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 元旦 Yuándàn in their composition.

  • Yuán
    • wán
      • yuàn , wán , huàn , guǎn , Wǎn , kuǎn , wǎn , huǎn , guǎn , wǎn , huàn , , , yuàn , , , , , , , huàn ,
    • kòu
    • wán , yuǎn , Yuán , wán , yuán , ruǎn , yán , ruǎn , shǐ , wán , wán , yuán , yuán , yuán , kūn , yuán , yuán , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wán , 黿 yuán
  • dàn
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