原 meaning and pronunciation

原
Simplified/traditional character

原 English definition

yuán
  • former
  • original
  • primary
  • raw
  • level
  • cause
  • source

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 元 : unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc); primary; first;
  • 円 : yen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆;
  • 员 : person; employee; member;
  • 員 : member
  • 园 : site used for public recreation; land used for growing plants;
  • 圆 : circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify;
  • 垣 : wall;
  • 塬 : plateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黃土高原|黄土高原[Huang2 tu3 Gao1 yuan2];
  • 媛 : beautiful (woman);
  • 嫄 : name of an empress;
  • 援 : to help; to assist; to aid;
  • 橼 : Citrus medica;
  • 沅 : Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan;
  • 湲 : rushing (water);
  • 源 : root; source; origin;
  • 爰 : therefore; consequently; thus; hence; thereupon; it follows that; where?; to change (into); ancient unit of weight and money;
  • 猭 : ape; Hylobates agilis;
  • 猿 : ape;
  • 笎 : bamboo with black patches;
  • 縁 : Japanese variant of 緣|缘;
  • 缘 : cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along;
  • 羱 : large-horned wild goat;
  • 芫 : lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine;
  • 蚖 : Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod); variant of 螈, salamander; newt; triton;
  • 蝝 : locust larva without wings;
  • 螈 : salamander; newt;
  • 袁 : long robe (old);
  • 辕 : shafts of a cart or carriage
  • 邧 : place name;
  • 騵 : chestnut horse with white belly;
  • 鼋 : sea turtle;

Sentences examples with 原

  • 请在原来的基础上再改一改。
    Qǐng zài yuánlái de jīchǔ shàng zài gǎi yī gǎi.
  • 他把原因解释得很清楚。
    Tā bǎ yuányīn jiěshì dé hěn qīngchǔ.
  • 他把这件事的原因给大家说明了一下。
    Tā bǎ zhè jiàn shì de yuányīn gěi dàjiā shuōmíngliǎo yīxià.
  • 我还住在原来的地方。
    Wǒ hái zhù zài yuánlái dì dìfāng.
  • 请原谅我刚才说的话。
    Qǐng yuánliàng wǒ gāngcái shuō dehuà.

Words containing 原, by HSK level

预 谅