Chinese Word Entry

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): yuán
Cantonese (Jyutping): ['jyun4']
Definitions:
  1. former

  2. original

  3. primary

  4. raw

  5. level

  6. cause

  7. source


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Chinese characters used in this word

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness, source, origin, beginning
Readings
Mandarin: ㄩㄢˊ (yuán)
Cantonese: jyun4
Japanese: ゲン (gen) / はら (hara)、 もと (moto)、 たずねる (tazuneru)
Korean: 원 (weon)
Vietnamese: nguyên