元
yuánYuán HSK1

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元 yuán frequency
yuan measure word
unit of currency, especially the Chinese Renminbi

这件衣服一共五十元。

zhè jiàn yī​fu yī​gòng wǔ​shí yuán.

This piece of clothing costs a total of fifty yuan.

era noun
era of a reign or a geological eon

公元二零二四年是龙年。

gōng yuán èr​líng'èr​sì​nián shì lóng​nián.

The year 2024 AD is the Year of the Dragon.

fundamental noun
basic, fundamental constituent or part

这道数学题涉及两个元，需要通过代入法来求得结果。

zhè dào shù​xué tí shè​jí liǎng gè yuán, xū​yào tōng​guò dài​rù fǎ lái qiú​dé jié​guǒ.

This math problem involves two variables and requires the substitution method to find the result.

meta- noun
prefix denoting a higher-level or self-referential concept

在逻辑学中，‘元’这一层级专门用于对系统本身进行描述。

zài luó​ji​xué zhōng,‘yuán’ zhè yī céng​jí zhuān​mén yòng​yú duì xì​tǒng běn​shēn jìn​xíng miáo​shù.

In logic, the 'meta' level is specifically used to describe the system itself.

primary noun
first, original, or primary in time or order

英语中一共有五个元音字母。

Yīng​yǔ zhōng yī​gòng yǒu wǔ gè yuán yīn zì​mǔ.

There are five vowels in the English language.

variable measure word
mathematical argument or unknown variable in an equation

这是一个二元一次方程。

zhè shì yī gè èr yuán yī cì fāng​chéng.

This is a linear equation in two variables.

元 Yuán
Yuan dynasty time word
the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) of China, established by the Mongols

元朝时期的青花瓷在世界上非常有背景。

Yuán​cháo shí​qī de qīng​huā​cí zài shì​jiè shàng fēi​cháng yǒu bèi​jǐng.

Blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty has a very prestigious reputation worldwide.

Yuan proper name
the Chinese surname Yuan

元先生是这家公司的负责人。

Yuán xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de fù​zé​rén.

Mr. Yuan is the person in charge of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
370th most common 602.0 per million
Movie subtitles
702nd most common 187.1 per million appears in 44% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
58.0 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
1464.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+5143

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)