原 (jyun4 | yuan2) : original; open country; pardon

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原

jyun4

yuan2

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

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: 厂 (#27)

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

原

This word has been viewed 13856 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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原因 jyun4 jan1 yuan2 yin1 = cause, reason

原子筆 jyun4 zi2 bat1 = ball-point pen

原來 jyun4 loi4 yuan2 lai2 = originally; actually; original

原本 jyun4 bun2 yuan2 ben3 = originally; formerly

原道 jyun4 dou6 yuan2 dao4 = original path; essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu

原籍 jyun4 zik6 yuan2 ji2 = ancestral home

原子 jyun4 zi2 yuan2 zi3 = atom

原諒 jyun4 loeng6 yuan2 liang4 = forgive; excuse; pardon

原始森林 jyun4 ci2 sam1 lam4 yuan2 shi3 sen1 lin2 = virgin forest

高原 gou1 jyun4 gao1 yuan2 = plateau; highlands; (placename) Ko Yuen
See all 113 compounds (CantoDict reports 119 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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原來你哥哥係差人粵
Your brother was a policeman all along!
[Lit. all along you brother is policeman]

我們參照原文作了必要的修改。國
We consulted the original and made some necessary changes.

所謂專家原來係個學生粵
The so-called expert turned out to be a student.

他原本不想到這裡來國
He originally didn't want to come here.

我斷估咋，原來佢真係廿三歲粵
I was only making wild guesses. Didn't know he actually was 23 years old.

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 disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.

見你咁有誠意我就勉為其難原諒你呢次！粵
Since you’re so sincere, I’ll reluctantly forgive you just this once!

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.)]

我相信佢已經開始懷疑，內鬼原來係我粵
I believe he's already started to think that the mole was me all along.

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