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  jyun4 jyun5 jyun6   jyutping
  yuan2   pinyin
[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: (#27)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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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 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
See all 106 compounds (CantoDict reports 113 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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 disappeating 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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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: 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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