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元

yuán · yuan/Yuán · yuan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 1Old HSK 2

Meaning

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yuán 元

  1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
  2. (bound form) first; original; primary
  3. (bound form) basic; fundamental
  4. (bound form) constituent; part
  5. (prefix) meta-
  6. (math.) argument; variable
  7. era (of a reign)
  8. (Tw) (geology) eon

Yuán 元

  1. surname Yuan
  2. Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)花(huā)一(yí)万(wàn)二(èr)千(qiān)元(yuán)买(mǎi)了(le)这(zhè)辆(liàng)车(chē)。

We bought this car for 12,000.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by sarefo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)瓶(píng)水(shuǐ)三(sān)块(kuài)钱(qián)，我(wǒ)给(gěi)了(le)五(wǔ)元(yuán)。

This bottle of water is three yuan; I gave five yuan.

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