元 yuán
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
元
yuán
yuan
Character
Example phrases
- 这个杯子十元。 Zhège bēizi shí yuán. This cup costs ten yuan.
- 这本书三十元。 Zhè běn shū sānshí yuán. This book costs thirty yuan.
- 我有一百元。 Wǒ yǒu yì bǎi yuán. I have a hundred yuan.
- 这个包子两元。 Zhège bāozi liǎng yuán. These baozi are two yuan.
- 车票十五元。 Chēpiào shíwǔ yuán. The ticket is fifteen yuan.
- 王明有五十元。 Wáng Míng yǒu wǔshí yuán. Wang Ming has fifty yuan.
- 门票二十元，太贵了！ Ménpiào èrshí yuán, tài guì le! The admission ticket is twenty yuan — too expensive!
- 李月买了一百元的书。 Lǐ Yuè mǎile yìbǎi yuán de shū. Li Yue bought a hundred yuan worth of books.
- 二十元能买什么？ Èrshí yuán néng mǎi shénme? What can you buy for twenty yuan?
- 面条儿八元。 Miàntiáor bā yuán. The noodles are eight yuan.
Related words
- 单元 dānyuán unit; section
- 美元 měiyuán US dollar
- 公元 gōngyuán Common Era
- 元旦 Yuándàn New Year's Day
- 多元 duōyuán diverse, pluralistic
- 元素 yuánsù element
- 元宵 yuánxiāo sweet dumplings, Yuanxiao
- 元老 yuánlǎo senior figure; elder statesman; veteran
- 元首 yuánshǒu head of state
- 状元 zhuàngyuan top candidate in the imperial examinations; top scorer
- 毛 máo mao (a tenth of a yuan)
- 块 kuài piece; yuan (colloquial)