元
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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
- surname Yuan
- the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
Example sentences
- This shirt costs ten dollars.
HSK words with 元
- 美元 Měiyuán American dollar
- 单元 dānyuán unit (forming an entity)
- 公元 gōngyuán CE (Common Era)
- 元旦 Yuándàn New Year's Day
- 元素 yuánsù element (key component of sth)
- 元首 yuánshǒu head of state
- 多元化 duōyuánhuà diversification
- 元老 yuánlǎo senior figure
- 状元 zhuàngyuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
- 元宵节 Yuánxiāojié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
- 多元 duōyuán poly-