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yuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuán | yuan2
English translation
root
source
origin
spring; source, root, head; surname

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About yuán

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

yuán

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of yuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵原

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

yuán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yuán

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zài 哪里 nǎ lǐ Néng 接上 jiē shàng 吹风机 chuī fēng jī de 电源 diànyuán ?

Where can I plug in my hairdrier?

商业 shāngyè yòng zhè táng yǒu liǎng 主要 zhǔyào 来源 láiyuán —— tián 甘蔗 gān zhe 制糖甜菜 tián cài .

There are two principal sources of commercial sucrose - sugar cane and sugar beets.

běn 星期 xīngqī mǎi 胡萝卜 hú luó bo zuì 合算 hésuàn , 因为 yīnwèi 货源 huò yuán 充足 chōngzú ,价格低廉.

Best buys of the week are carrots, which are plentiful and cheap.

Dōng 天山 Tiān shān 尾亚岩体: tóng yuán 还是 háishi 异源? -- 来自 láizì 黑云母 de 证据 zhèngjù .

Weiya complex, eastern Tianshan: Single - sourced or diverse - sourced ? -- Evidence from biotite.

吲哚 yǐn duǒ suān , 激动 jīdòng huò chì méi suān de 外源 wài yuán 施用 shī yòng 刺激 cìjī le 光合作用 guāng hé zuò yòng .

Exogenous applications of indoleacetic acid, kinetin or gibberellic acid stimulate photosynthesis.

Words with yuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
资源 Zīyuán resource (such as manpower or tourism)資源
来源 láiyuán origin來源
能源 néngyuán energy能源 néngyuán
yuán root yuán
电源 diànyuán electric power source電源
源头 yuán tóu source源頭
源自 yuán zì to originate from源自 yuán zì
水源 shuǐ yuán water source水源 shuǐ yuán
源于 yuán yú has its origins in源於
根源 gēnyuán origin根源 gēnyuán
起源 qǐyuán origin起源 qǐyuán
源泉 yuánquán fountainhead源泉 yuánquán
来源于 lái yuán yú to originate in來源於
人力资源 rén lì zī yuán human resources人力資源
货源 huò yuán supply of goods貨源
源源不断 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream源源不斷
财源 cái yuán financial resources財源
渊源 yuān yuán origin淵源
光源 guāng yuán light source光源 guāng yuán
发源地 fā yuán dì place of origin發源地
热源 rè yuán heat source熱源
世外桃源 shì wài táo yuán utopia世外桃源 shì wài táo yuán
国土资源部 Guó tǔ Zī yuán bù Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998國土資源部
再生能源 zài shēng néng yuán renewable energy source再生能源 zài shēng néng yuán

yuán Decomposition & Compounds

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yuán Decomposition

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