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[1] [n] source; origin; beginning [2] original; primary [3] [n] steppe; vast plain; field [4] [n] graveyard [5] [v] excuse; pardon [6] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 10
Level: 3
Radical: 厂 (#27)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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原因
jyun4 jan1 = cause, reason
原子筆
jyun4 zi2 bat1 = ball-point pen
原來
jyun4 loi4 = originally; actually; original
原本
jyun4 bun2 = originally; formerly
原籍
jyun4 zik6 = ancestral home
原子
jyun4 zi2 = atom
原諒
jyun4 loeng6 = forgive; excuse; pardon
原始森林
jyun4 ci2 sam1 lam4 = virgin forest
高原
gou1 jyun4 = plateau; highlands; (placename) Ko Yuen
原聲吉他
jyun4 seng1 gat1 taa1 = acoustic guitar 國See all 106 compounds (CantoDict reports 113 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 9 examples containing 原
唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷 粵
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappeating one by one; so you are the one stealing them.
原來係噉，反而係我畀你嚇一跳添 粵
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.)] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Unicode code for this character: U+539F (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 原
Unicode code for this character: U+539F (off-site link)
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