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美元

měiyuán

US dollar

HSK 3 · Topic “Money and prices”
A banknote and a coin
Memory picture

Characters in this word

美 měi

Strokes
9
Radical
羊 — sheep, goat
Made of
羊 sheep, goat 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

元 yuán

Strokes
4
Radical
儿 — son, child
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 这是一美元。 Zhè shì yì měiyuán. This is one US dollar.
  • 我有十美元。 Wǒ yǒu shí měiyuán. I have ten US dollars.
  • 美元很贵。 Měiyuán hěn guì. The US dollar is very expensive.

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