Meaning of yuán:

yuán

Noun

surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara; level; cause; source

Tā de xìng shì Yuán.

他的姓是

His surname is Yuan.

Zhège gùshì shì guānyú yīgè míng jiào Yuán xiānshēng de rén.

这个故事是关于一个名叫原先生的人。

This story is about a man named Mr. Hara.

Zhège dìfāng de shuǐ yuán běnlái hěn gāo.

这个地方的水本来很高。

The water level at this place was originally very high.

Wǒmen xūyào zhīdào shìgù de yuányīn.

我们需要知道事故的因。

We need to know the cause of the accident.

Shuǐ de yuán tóu zài shān shàng.

水的头在山上。

The source of the water is on the mountain.

Adjective

former; original; primary; raw

Tā shì wǒmen de yuán bānzhǔrèn.

他是我们的班主任。

He was our former headteacher.

Tā shì zhège xiǎngfǎ de yuán zuòzhě.

他是这个想法的作者。

He is the original author of this idea.

Zhè piān wénzhāng de yuán zuòzhě hěn yǒumíng.

这篇文章的作者很有名。

The original author of this article is very famous.

Zhè dào cài yòngle hěn hǎo de cáiliào, suǒyǒu de dōu shì yuán cáiliào.

这道菜用了很好的材料,所有的都是材料。

This dish used very good ingredients; all of them are raw materials.

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