Meaning of yuán:

yuán

Noun

circle; unit of Chinese currency (yuan)

Zhège yuán de zhíjìng shì liǎng mǐ.

这个的直径是两米。

The diameter of this circle is two meters.

Wǒ huā le wǔshí yuán mǎi le yī běn shū.

我花了五十买了一本书。

I spent fifty yuan to buy a book.

Adjective

round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; tactful

Tàiyáng shì yī gè jùdà de yuánxíng qiútǐ.

太阳是一个巨大的形球体。

The sun is a huge round sphere.

Yuèliàng shì yīgè wánměi de yuán.

月亮是一个完美的

The moon is a perfect circle.

Zhège xīguā hěn yuán.

这个西瓜很

This watermelon is very spherical.

Jīntiān de yuèliàng tèbié yuán.

今天的月亮特别

The moon is especially full today.

Tā shuōhuà hěn yǒu yuánhuá, bù róngyì yǐnqǐ zhēngyì.

他说话很有滑,不容易引起争议。

He speaks in a very tactful way, which doesn't easily provoke controversy.

Verb

to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)

Tā nǔlì bǎ zhège gùshì biān de gèng yuán.

他努力把这个故事编得更

He tried hard to make the story more consistent.

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