yuán

Whole syllable:yuánVideo guide
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  • 1

    adj.round; circular

    • yuán liǎn

      round face

    • yuán yuè

      full moon

    • yuán zhuō

      round table

  • 2

    n.circle

    • yuán xíng

      circle

    • bàn yuán

      semicircle

    • nèi qiē yuán

      inscribed circle

  • 3

    adj.ball-shaped; spherical

    • dī liū yuán

      be perfectly spherical

    • gǔn yuán

      round as a ball

    • zhè hái zi zhēng zhe yòu dà yòu yuán de yǎn jing kàn zhe zhè yī qiè

      孩子眼睛看着一切

      The child was watching it all with big round eyes.

  • 4

    n.yuan, the monetary unit of China, equal to 10 jiao or 100 fen; (now written as )

    • zhí rén mín bì wǔ yuán

      人民币

      be worth 5 yuan

  • 5

    adj.tactful; satisfactory

    • tā bǎ huà shuō yuán

      What he says is plausible.

    • shì qing zuò yuán le

      事情

      The matter was carried out very diplomatically.

    • tā zhè huà shuō de bù yuán

      What he said was not very tactful.

  • 6

    v.make perfect; justify

    • yuán chǎng

      smooth things over

  • 7

    adj.(of songs) sweet and agreeable

    • zì zhèng qiāng yuán

      pronounce every word correctly and in a sweet, mellow voice

  • 8

    n.a coin of fixed value and weight; round coin

    • yín yuán

      silver dollar

    • tóng yuán

      copper

Words and phrases with 圆

Word usage

  • Note
    "圆" is different from "园". "圆" refers to round shape, and "园" refers to place.
  • "圆" is often matched with measure word "个".
    • one circle

Similar-form characters to 圆

Chinese Characters with pinyin yuán

  • original; raw
  • chief;first
  • garden; a place for public recreation
  • source of a river; cause
  • person engaged in some field of activities; member