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yuán

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yuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuán | yuan2
English translation
to help
to assist
to aid
to assist; to lead; to quote, to cite

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About yuán

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yuán

Contains the radical

shǒu

Learning hint

To lead  yuán by hand  shǒu yuán also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of yuán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌爰

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Example sentences using yuán

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救援 jiù yuán zhě 知道 zhīdào rén bèi kùn zài 哪里 nǎ lǐ .

Rescuers do not know where the trapped man is.

一些 yī xiē 救援 jiù yuán 人员 rényuán 医生 yīshēng bèi kùn zài 废墟 fèixū xià .

Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.

我们 wǒmen 宁愿 nìngyuàn 援救 yuán jiù 这些 zhè xiē yòu yòu 饿 è de xiǎo māo 、小 gǒu .

We prefer to rescue the thirty and hungry puppies and kittens.

直升机 zhí shēng jī zài 恶劣 èliè de 天气 tiānqì 条件 tiáojiàn xià 起飞 qǐfēi 前去援救 yuán jiù 遇难 yù nàn de 船员 chuán yuán

Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners.

dàn shì zhěng 援助 yuán zhù 问题 wèntí 是个非常复杂 de 政治 zhèngzhì 问题。

But the whole question of aid is a tricky political one.

Words with yuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
支援 zhīyuán to support支援 zhīyuán
援助 yuán zhù to help援助 yuán zhù
救援 jiù yuán to save救援 jiù yuán
增援 zēng yuán to reinforce增援 zēng yuán
yuán to help yuán
外援 wài yuán external help外援 wài yuán
后援 hòu yuán back-up後援
援引 yuán yǐn to quote援引 yuán yǐn
求援 qiú yuán to ask for help求援 qiú yuán
抗美援朝 kàng Měi yuán Cháo Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)抗美援朝 kàng Měi yuán Cháo
援救 yuán jiù to save援救 yuán jiù
孤立无援 gū lì wú yuán isolated and without help孤立無援
声援 shēng yuán to support (a cause)聲援
援兵 yuán bīng reinforcement援兵 yuán bīng
援藏 yuán Zàng pro-Tibet援藏 yuán Zàng
攀援 pān yuán climbing (plant)攀援 pān yuán
驰援 chí yuán to rush to the rescue馳援
援用 yuán yòng to quote援用 yuán yòng
围城打援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops圍城打援
请援 qǐng yuán to request help請援
弹尽援绝 dàn jìn yuán jué out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits彈盡援絕

yuán Decomposition & Compounds

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yuán Decomposition

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