元
Meaning
yuán yuan2
- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- first
- original
- primary
- fundamental
- constituent
- part
- era (of a reign)
- meta- (prefix)
- (math.) argument
- variable
- (Tw) (geology) eon
Yuán yuan2
- surname Yuan
- the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
Example sentences
- Alright! Ten yuan buys five kilos, OK?
- This shirt costs ten dollars.
- 4.5 yuan for one pound, now isn't that cheap!
- I paid five dollars for the book.
HSK words with 元
- 美元MěiyuánAmerican dollar
- 单元dānyuánunit (forming an entity)
- 公元gōngyuánCE (Common Era)
- 元旦YuándànNew Year's Day
- 元素yuánsùelement (key component of sth)
- 元首yuánshǒuhead of state
- 多元化duōyuánhuàdiversification
- 元老yuánlǎosenior figure
- 状元zhuàngyuántop scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
- 元宵节YuánxiāojiéLantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
- 多元duōyuánpoly-