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  jyun4   jyutping
  yuan2   pinyin
[1] [adj] original; initial; primary
[2] [n] open country; plain; steppe
[3] [v] excuse; pardon; forgive

Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: nounverb
Stroke count: 10
Level: 1
Radical: (#27)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 13893 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Oct 2013 02:40

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detail  jyun4 jan1  yuan2 yin1 = cause, reason
detail  jyun4 zi2 bat1   = ball-point pen
detail  jyun4 loi4  yuan2 lai2 = originally; actually; original
detail  jyun4 bun2  yuan2 ben3 = originally; formerly
detail  jyun4 dou6  yuan2 dao4 = original path; essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu
detail  jyun4 zik6  yuan2 ji2 = ancestral home
detail  jyun4 zi2  yuan2 zi3 = atom
detail  jyun4 loeng6  yuan2 liang4 = forgive; excuse; pardon
detail  jyun4 ci2 sam1 lam4  yuan2 shi3 sen1 lin2 = virgin forest
detail  gou1 jyun4  gao1 yuan2 = plateau; highlands; (placename) Ko Yuen
detail  jyun4 seng1 gat1 taa1  yuan2 sheng1 ji2 ta1 = acoustic guitar
detail  jyun4 seng1 git3 taa1   = acoustic guitar
detail  jyun4 jau4  yuan2 you2 = crude oil
detail  jyun4 lei5  yuan2 li3 = principle; theory
detail  jyun4 sin1  yuan2 xian1 = former; original
detail  jyun4 coi4 liu6*2  yuan2 cai2 liao4 = raw material
detail  jyun4 liu6*2  yuan2 liao4 = raw material
detail  jyun4 zak1  yuan2 ze2 = principle
detail  jyun4 zi2 nang4  yuan2 zi3 neng2 = atomic energy
detail  jyun4 zi2 daan6*2  yuan2 zi3 dan4 = atomic bomb; atom bomb
detail  jyun4 gou3  yuan2 gao4 = complaint; plaintiff
detail  jyun4 ci2  yuan2 shi3 = original
detail  zung1 jyun4  zhong1 yuan2 = the Central Plains of China
detail  cou2 jyun4  cao3 yuan2 = grassland; savanna; prairie
detail  jyun4 ding6  yuan2 ding4 = [1] originally planned; [2] originally determined
detail  jyun4 jau5   = inhere, to be inherent in something
detail  jyun4 wai6*2  yuan2 wei4 = in situ, in the original position/placement
detail  jyun4 pun3   = original judgment; original sentence
detail  jyun4 ji3   = original intention
detail  jyun4 zi2 lap1   = transistor
detail  jyun4 baan1 jan4 maa5   = the same batch of people; the old cast
detail  jyun4 dai2   = an original draft
detail  jyun4 jan1 hai6 jan1 wai6   = the reason is...
detail  ping4 jyun4  ping2 yuan2 = plain; field; (placename) Ping Yuen
detail  jat1 bun1 jyun4 zak1  yi4 ban1 yuan2 ze2 = general principle
detail  zyu2 jiu3 jyun4 jan1  zhu3 yao4 yuan2 yin1 = main reason; primary cause
detail  sing4 wai4 jyun4 jan1 dik1  cheng2 wei2 yuan2 yin1 de5 = [adj] causative
detail  hat6 jyun4 liu6*2  he2 yuan2 liao4 = nuclear material
detail  gei1 bun2 jyun4 lei5  ji1 ben3 yuan2 li3 = fundamental principle
detail  fui1 fuk6 jyun4 zong6  hui1 fu4 yuan2 zhuang4 = restore the original state
detail  jyun4 jing4  yuan2 xing2 = prototype
detail  jyun4 jan1 si6  yuan2 yin1 shi4 = the reason is...
detail  jyun4 jan1 han2 gaan2 daan1  yuan2 yin1 hen3 jian3 dan1 = the reason is very simple
detail  jyun4 zi2 mou5 hei3  yuan2 zi3 wu3 qi4 = atomic weapon
detail  waa4 bak1 ping4 jyun4  hua2 bei3 ping2 yuan2 = North China plain
detail  jyun4 gaa3  yuan2 jia4 = list price, original price
detail  jyun4 zeoi6   = sin
detail  kong3 jyun4   = antigens
detail  jyun4 jing4  yuan2 xing2 = archetype; original shape; true colors
detail  jyun4 joeng6  yuan2 yang4 = original shape
detail  jyun4 sing3  yuan2 xing4 = original nature
detail  cung1 zik1 ping4 jyun4  chong1 ji1 ping2 yuan2 = carse
detail  mou4 jyun4 zak1  wu2 yuan2 ze2 = unprincipled
detail  zoeng6 ngaa4 jyun4 liu6*2   = raw ivory
detail  jyun4 zi2 mat6   = nylon stockings/socks
detail  hon4 daai3 cou2 jyun4  han2 dai4 cao3 yuan2 = the tundra (common formation)
detail  naam4 fei1 cou2 jyun4  nan2 fei1 cao3 yuan2 = veldt (common formation)
detail  waan4 jyun4  huan2 yuan2 = to restore
detail  jyun4 mei6  yuan2 wei4 = original flavor; original taste
detail  jyun4 cong3  yuan2 chuang4 = original
detail  liu4 jyun4  liao2 yuan2 = to set the prairie ablaze
detail  liu4 jyun4 zi1 fo2   = wildfire
detail  jyun4 zyu6 man4  yuan2 zhu4 min2 = aborigine
detail  jyun4 geoi1 man4  yuan2 ju1 min2 = aborigine
detail  jyun4 zap1 jyun4 mei6  yuan2 zhi1 yuan2 wei4 = maintain the original flavor; exactly
detail  jyun4 je5  yuan2 ye3 = open country, champaign, a wide field
detail  fuk6 jyun4  fu4 yuan2 = to restore; to recuperate
detail  mat6 gwai1 jyun4 zyu2  wu4 gui1 yuan2 zhu3 = return sth. to it's original owner
detail  jyun4 jing4 bat1 lou6  yuan2 xing2 bi4 lu4 = have one's true face totally exposed; to show one's true colours
detail  jyun4 zi2 loeng6  yuan2 zi3 liang4 = atomic mass
detail  jyun4 ding6 gai1 waak6  yuan2 ding4 ji4 hua4 = original plan
detail  jyun4 sou3 jan4  yuan2 su4 ren2 = plaintiff; complainant
detail  jyun4 zong1  yuan2 zhuang1 = original packaging
detail  jyun4 loi4 jyu4 ci2  yuan2 lai2 ru2 ci3 = so that's it; that explains it all
detail  jyun4 man4  yuan2 wen2 = the original text
detail  fei1 jyun4 geoi1 man4  fei1 yuan2 ju1 min2 = non-indigenous inhabitant
detail  noi6 baau3 faat3 jyun4 zi2 daan6*2  nei4 bao4 fa3 yuan2 zi3 dan4 = implosion atomic bomb
detail  taai3 jyun4  tai4 yuan2 = Taiyuan
detail  zi1 jyun4 tai2 fai3 jim4  zhi1 yuan2 ti3 fei4 yan2 = Mycoplasma pneumonia
detail  jyun4 zi2 zeoi6 sou3  yuan2 zi3 xu4 shu4 = [化] atomic number
detail  jyun4 zi2 hat6 /wat6  yuan2 zi3 he2 = [化] nucleus
detail  jyun4 sin3 hyun1  yuan2 xian4 quan1 = [電] primary coil
detail  jyun4 dim2  yuan2 dian3 = [math.] origin
detail  jyun4 zi2 fo1 hok6 gaa1  yuan2 zi3 ke1 xue2 jia1 = atomic scientist; nuclear scientist
detail  jyun4 zi2 fo1 hok6 gaa1 tung1 bou3  yuan2 zi3 ke1 xue2 jia1 tong1 bao4 = Journal of Atomic Scientists
detail  jyun4 zi2 zat1 loeng6  yuan2 zi3 zhi4 liang4 = atomic mass
detail  fung1 jyun4  feng1 yuan2 = Fengyuan (city in Taiwan)
detail  gu3 jyun4  gu4 yuan2 = Guyuan (place in Ningxia)
detail  gu3 jyun4 dei6 keoi1  gu4 yuan2 di4 qu1 = Guyuan district (district in Ningxia)
detail  hoi1 jyun4  kai1 yuan2 = Kaiyuan (city in Liaoning)
detail  hoi2 jyun4  hai3 yuan2 = Haiyuan (place in Ningxia)
detail  hung4 jyun4  hong2 yuan2 = Hongyuan (place in Sichuan)
detail  jyun4 joeng4  yuan2 yang2 = Yuanyang (place in Henan)
detail  jyun4 ping4  yuan2 ping2 = Yuanping (city in Shanxi)
detail  ng5 jyun4  wu3 yuan2 = Wuyuan (place in Inner Mongolia)
detail  saam1 jyun4 jyun6  san1 yuan2 xian4 = Sanyuan county (county in Shaanxi)
detail  ji1 long5 gou1 jyun4   = Plateau of Iran
detail  zung1 jyun4 dei6 caan2   = Centaline Property
detail  zung1 jyun4 sing4 si5 ling5 sin1 zi2 sou3   = Centa-City Index
detail  on1 naap6 tok3 lei6 aa3 gou1 jyun4   = Anatolian Plateau
detail  maa5 hak1 si1 zyu2 ji6 dik1 jyun4 zak1   = Marxist principles
detail  long5 jyun4   = Long Valley (wetland in the Sheung Shui of the NT in HK)
detail  jyun4 sou1 lyun4  yuan2 su1 lian2 = former Soviet Union
detail  gou1 jyun4 faan2 jing3  gao1 yuan2 fan3 ying4 = altitude sickness (common formation)
detail  jyun4 zi2 faan2 jing3 deoi1  yuan2 zi3 fan3 ying4 dui1 = atomic reactor; atomic pile (common formation)
detail  jyun4 zi2 mat6 lei5 hok6  yuan2 zi3 wu4 li3 xue2 = atomic physics (common formation)
detail  jyun4 zi2 zin3 zang1  yuan2 zi3 zhan4 zheng1 = atomic warfare (common formation)
detail  dung1 au1 ping4 jyun4  dong1 ou1 ping2 yuan2 = East European Plain (common formation)
detail  cou2 jyun4 doi6 syu2   = Bettongia species (rat-kangaroos)
detail  jyun4 ci2 daai6 luk6  yuan2 shi3 da4 lu4 = Pangaea
detail  cing1 zong6 gou1 jyun4  qing1 zang4 gao1 yuan2 = the Tibetan Plateau (roof of the world)
detail  wong4 tou2 gou1 jyun4  huang2 tu3 gao1 yuan2 = Loess Plateau; Huangtu Plateau
detail  cau1 jip6 jyun4  qiu1 ye4 yuan2 = Akihabara
detail  jyun4 dung6 lik6  yuan2 dong4 li4 = prime mover
detail  zung1 gwok3 gwok3 gaa1 jyun4 zi6 nang4 gei1 kau3  zhong1 guo2 guo2 jia1 yuan2 zi4 neng2 ji1 gou4 = China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)
detail  gwok3 zai3 jyun4 zi2 nang4 gei1 kau3  guo2 ji4 yuan2 zi3 neng2 ji1 gou4 = International Atomic Energy Agency
detail  gwok3 zai3 jyun4 zi2 nang4 git3 kau3  guo2 ji4 yuan2 zi3 neng2 jie2 gou4 = International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
detail  jat6 bun2 jyun4 zi2 nang4 jin4 gau3 so2  ri4 ben3 yuan2 zi3 neng2 yan2 jiu4/1 (Taiwan/PRC) suo3 = Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
detail  au1 zau1 jyun4 zi2 nang4 lyun4 jing4  ou1 zhou1 yuan2 zi3 neng2 lian2 ying2 = Euratom (European Atomic Energy Community)
detail  gwok3 zai3 jyun4 zi2 nang4 zung2 cyu5   = International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Showing all 9 examples containing 原
detail 原來哥哥差人
Your brother was a policeman all along!
[Lit. all along you brother is policeman]
detail 我們參照原文必要修改
We consulted the original and made some necessary changes.
detail audio 所謂專家原來學生
The so-called expert turned out to be a student.
detail 原本不想這裡
He originally didn't want to come here.
detail 斷估原來真係廿
I was only making wild guesses. Didn't know he actually was 23 years old.
detail audio 唔怪之得廚房罐頭逐一逐樣唔見咗原來鼠竊狗偷
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.
detail audio 誠意勉為其難原諒你呢
Since you’re so sincere, I’ll reluctantly forgive you just this once!
detail 原來係噉反而畀你
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you!
[Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)]
detail 相信已經開始懷疑內鬼原來
I believe he's already started to think that the mole was me all along.

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