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yuán

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yuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuán | yuan2
English translation
circle
round
circular
spherical
(of the moon) full
unit of Chinese currency (Yuan)
tactful
to justify
circle; circular, round; complete

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About yuán

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

yuán

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

enclosure

Etymology of yuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

囗员

Semantic compound

wéi

Phonetic compound

yuán

Explanation

Simplified form of yuán . Phonosemantic compound. wéi represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound. Originally written as yuán .

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Example sentences using yuán

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彩虹 cǎihóng zài 昏暗 hūn àn de 天空 tiānkōng huá chū le dào 圆弧 yuán hú .

The rainbow described an arc in the dark sky.

qíng yuán quē , zài Duàn 爱情 àiqíng Zhōng 不断 bùduàn 重演 chóng yǎn .

Lack a clear round, in the love section constantly repeat.

油酥面团 miàn tuán qiē Chéng xiǎo yuán piān , 每个馅饼 xiàn bǐng yòng piān .

Cut the pastry into small rounds, one for each pie.

zhǒng 圆滑 yuán huá 率直 shuài zhí de 口气 kǒuqì shuì zhāo , bìng dié dìng hǎo le de 稿纸 gǎo zhǐ Cóng 办公桌那边 nà bian 过来 guò lái .

He said with smooth bluntness and shoved a stack of stapled sheets across his desk.

活跃 huóyuè de 脂肪 zhīfáng méi 圆球 yuán qiú de Xiāng 结合 jiéhé .

Active lipase is associated with the membrane of the spherosomes.

Words with yuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yuán circle yuán
圆满 yuánmǎn satisfactory圓滿
圆形 yuán xíng round圓形
方圆 fāngyuán perimeter方圓
圆圈 yuán quān circle圓圈
日圆 Rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency)日圓
团圆 tuányuán to have a reunion團圓
圆滑 yuán huá slick and sly圓滑
汤圆 tāng yuán boiled balls of glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern Festival湯圓
圆明园 Yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860圓明園
圆盘 yuán pán disk圓盤
圆桌 yuán zhuō round table圓桌
椭圆 tuǒyuán oval橢圓
圆润 yuán rùn suave圓潤
椭圆形 tuǒ yuán xíng oval橢圓形
破镜重圆 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom)破鏡重圓
圆珠笔 yuán zhū bǐ ballpoint pen圓珠筆
圆点 yuán diǎn dot圓點
圆柱 yuán zhù column圓柱
圆顶 yuán dǐng dome圓頂
圆球 yuán qiú ball圓球
圆梦 yuán mèng to interpret a dream圓夢
圆筒 yuán tǒng drum圓筒
桂圆 guì yuán longan fruit桂圓

yuán Decomposition & Compounds

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yuán Decomposition

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