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yuán

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yuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuán | yuan2
English translation
cause
reason
karma
fate
predestined affinity
margin
hem
edge
along
reason, cause; fate; margin, hem

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About yuán

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yuán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of yuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟彖

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

tuàn

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Example sentences using yuán

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即使 jíshǐ shì wéi le de 缘故 yuángù , 那么 nà me 总是 zǒngshì 加倍 jiā bèi de 为了 wèile 自己 zìjǐ ma !

If not for his sake, then doubly for thine own!

yuán 腹板 dōu yǒu 令人满意 lìng rén mǎn yì de 延伸 yánshēn ( 28% ).

Both flange and web exhibited satisfactory elongation characteristics ( i . e . 28 % ).

已有 Sān 结构 jiégòu zài yuán 节点 jié diǎn 板端出现 chūxiàn le 裂纹 liè wén .

Three structures have exhibited cracking at the ends of flange gusset plates.

yóu duī 扁平 biǎn píng de yuán 清楚 qīngchu de náng 组成 zǔchéng .

It consists of a stack of flat, membrane - bounded sacs.

zài 腹板 xià yuán de Shī hàn Zhōng 使用 shǐyòng xiǎo 矩形 jǔ xíng 挡板.

Small rectangular backup bars were used to fabricate the web - bottom flange connection.

Words with yuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
边缘 biānyuán edge邊緣
yuán cause yuán
缘故 yuángù reason緣故
缘分 yuán fèn (Budd.) destiny緣分
无缘无故 wú yuán wú gù no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for無緣無故
无缘 wú yuán no chance無緣
血缘 xuè yuán bloodline血緣
人缘 rén yuán relations with other people人緣
缘由 yuán yóu reason緣由
有缘 yǒu yuán related有緣
绝缘 jué yuán to be cut off from絕緣
地缘 dì yuán geographic situation地緣
机缘 jī yuán chance機緣
缘于 yuán yú owing to緣於
姻缘 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate姻緣
投缘 tóu yuán to hit it off投緣
因缘 yīn yuán chance因緣
结缘 jié yuán to form ties結緣
边缘化 biān yuán huà to marginalize邊緣化
情缘 qíng yuán predestined love情緣
缘起 yuán qǐ origin緣起
亲缘 qīn yuán blood relationship親緣
良缘 liáng yuán good karma良緣
化缘 huà yuán (of a monk) to beg化緣

yuán Decomposition & Compounds

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yuán Decomposition

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yuán Compounds

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