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元 yuán

yuan; dollar

Strokes
4
Level
HSK 3
Radical
儿
Type
Pictograph
Made of 二儿 ⿱二儿

Memory hint: A man 儿 with two lines emphasizing their head 二

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Example sentences with 元

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  1. 这本书三十元。
    Zhè běn shū sānshí yuán.
    This book costs thirty yuan.
    this (measure) book thirty yuan
  2. 这个多少元？
    Zhège duōshao yuán?
    How many yuan is this?
    this how-many yuan
  3. 我们凑一百元买这个吧。
    Wǒmen còu yìbǎi yuán mǎi zhège ba.
    Let's pool together a hundred yuan to buy this.
    we pool one-hundred yuan buy this (particle-suggestion)
  4. 这个东西不到十元。
    Zhège dōngxi bú dào shí yuán.
    This thing costs less than ten yuan.
    this thing not reach ten yuan
  5. 元旦那天商店都在打折。
    Yuándàn nà tiān shāngdiàn dōu zài dǎzhé.
    On New Year's Day, all the stores were having sales.
    New-Year's-Day that day store all (progressive) discount

Words with 元 (10)