yuán

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Definitions

  1. 1. former
  2. 2. original
  3. 3. primary
  4. 4. raw
  5. 5. level
  6. 6. cause
  7. 7. source

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Words Containing 原

原来
yuán lái

original

原先
yuán xiān

originally

原则
yuán zé

principle

原创
yuán chuàng

to create (sth original)

原告
yuán gào

complainant

原因
yuán yīn

cause

原地
yuán dì

(in) the original place

原型
yuán xíng

model

原始
yuán shǐ

first

原料
yuán liào

raw material

原有
yuán yǒu

original

原本
yuán běn

originally

原材料
yuán cái liào

raw and semifinished materials

原汁原味
yuán zhī yuán wèi

original

原理
yuán lǐ

principle

原装
yuán zhuāng

genuine

原谅
yuán liàng

to excuse

平原
píng yuán

field

复原
fù yuán
草原
cǎo yuán

grassland

还原
huán yuán

to restore to the original state

高原
gāo yuán

plateau

一中原则
yī zhōng yuán zé

One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China

一般原则
yī bān yuán zé

general principle

三原
sān yuán

Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[xián yáng], Shaanxi

三原县
sān yuán xiàn

Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[xián yáng], Shaanxi

三原则
sān yuán zé

the Three Principles (in many contexts)

三江平原
sān jiāng píng yuán

Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[sōng huā jiāng], Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江[wū sū lǐ jiāng]

不相容原理
bù xiāng róng yuán lǐ

(Pauli) exclusion principle (physics)

不确定性原理
bù què dìng xìng yuán lǐ

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)

中亚草原
zhōng yà cǎo yuán

Central Asian grasslands

中原
zhōng yuán

Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei

中原区
zhōng yuán qū

Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[zhèng zhōu shì], Henan

中原大学
zhōng yuán dà xué

Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan

中国国家原子能机构
zhōng guó guó jiā yuán zǐ néng jī gòu

China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)

九原区
jiǔ yuán qū

Jiuyuan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[bāo tóu shì], Inner Mongolia

五原
wǔ yuán

Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia

五原县
wǔ yuán xiàn

Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia

亚原子
yà yuán zǐ

subatomic

保持原貌
bǎo chí yuán mào

to preserve the original form

价原
jià yuán

Kagen or the Origin of Value by MIURA Baien 三浦梅園|三浦梅园[sān pǔ méi yuán], pioneering study of economics comparable to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论[guó fù lùn]

克氏原螯虾
kè shì yuán áo xiā

red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii); Louisiana crawfish

内爆法原子弹
nèi bào fǎ yuán zǐ dàn

implosion atomic bomb

凝血酶原
níng xuè méi yuán

prothrombin

原人
yuán rén

prehistoric man

原件
yuán jiàn

the original

原位
yuán wèi

original position

原住民
yuán zhù mín

indigenous peoples

原住民族
yuán zhù mín zú

original inhabitant

原作
yuán zuò

original works

原作版
yuán zuò bǎn

Urtext edition

原函数
yuán hán shù

antiderivative

原初
yuán chū

initial

原则上
yuán zé shang

in principle

原则性
yuán zé xìng

principled

原创力
yuán chuàng lì

creativity

原创性
yuán chuàng xìng

originality

原动力
yuán dòng lì

motive force

原南斯拉夫
yuán nán sī lā fū

former Yugoslavia (1945-1992)

原原本本
yuán yuán běn běn

from beginning to end

原名
yuán míng

original name

原味
yuán wèi

authentic taste

原唱
yuán chàng

to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version)

原图
yuán tú

original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)

原地踏步
yuán dì tà bù

to mark time (military)

原址
yuán zhǐ

original location

原始林
yuán shǐ lín

primary forest

原始热带雨林
yuán shǐ rè dài yǔ lín

virgin tropical rainforest

原始码
yuán shǐ mǎ

source code (computing) (Tw, HK)

原始社会
yuán shǐ shè huì

primitive society

原委
yuán wěi

the whole story

原子
yuán zǐ

atom

原子半径
yuán zǐ bàn jìng

atomic radius

原子反应堆
yuán zǐ fǎn yìng duī

atomic reactor

原子堆
yuán zǐ duī

atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor)

原子序数
yuán zǐ xù shù

atomic number

原子弹
yuán zǐ dàn

atom bomb

原子核
yuán zǐ hé

atomic nucleus

原子武器
yuán zǐ wǔ qì

atomic weapon

原子爆弹
yuán zǐ bào dàn

atom bomb

原子爆破弹药
yuán zǐ bào pò dàn yào

atomic demolition munition

原子科学家
yuán zǐ kē xué jiā

atomic scientist

原子科学家通报
yuán zǐ kē xué jiā tōng bào

Journal of Atomic Scientists

原子笔
yuán zǐ bǐ

ballpoint pen

原子能
yuán zǐ néng

atomic energy

原子能发电站
yuán zǐ néng fā diàn zhàn

atomic power station

原子论
yuán zǐ lùn

atomic theory

原子质量
yuán zǐ zhì liàng

atomic mass

原子量
yuán zǐ liàng

atomic weight

原子钟
yuán zǐ zhōng

atomic clock

原定
yuán dìng

originally planned

原封不动
yuán fēng bù dòng

sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed

原居
yuán jū

indigenous

原州
yuán zhōu

Yuanzhou district of Guyuan city 固原市[gù yuán shì], Ningxia

原州区
yuán zhōu qū

Yuanzhou district of Guyuan city 固原市[gù yuán shì], Ningxia

原平
yuán píng

Yuanping, county-level city in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi

原平市
yuán píng shì

Yuanping, county-level city in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi

原形
yuán xíng

original shape

原形毕露
yuán xíng bì lù

original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth

原意
yuán yì

original meaning

原拟
yuán nǐ

to initially plan to ...; to originally intend to ...

原文
yuán wén

original text

原木
yuán mù

logs

原核
yuán hé

prokaryotic (cell)

原核生物
yuán hé shēng wù

prokaryote

原核生物界
yuán hé shēng wù jiè

Kingdom Monera

原核细胞
yuán hé xì bāo

prokaryote

原核细胞型微生物
yuán hé xì bāo xíng wēi shēng wù

prokaryotic cell type microorganism

原样
yuán yàng

original shape

原水
yuán shuǐ

raw water

原汁
yuán zhī

stock (liquid from stewing meat etc)

原油
yuán yóu

crude oil

原煤
yuán méi

raw coal

原爆
yuán bào

atom bomb

原爆点
yuán bào diǎn

ground zero

原牛
yuán niú

aurochs (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox

原物料
yuán wù liào

raw material

原状
yuán zhuàng

previous condition

原班人马
yuán bān rén mǎ

original cast

原生
yuán shēng

original

原生动物
yuán shēng dòng wù

protozoan (bacteria)

原生橄榄油
yuán shēng gǎn lǎn yóu

virgin olive oil

原生生物
yuán shēng shēng wù

protist

原生质
yuán shēng zhì

protoplasm

原产
yuán chǎn

original production

原产国
yuán chǎn guó

country of origin

原产地
yuán chǎn dì

original source

原发性进行性失语
yuán fā xìng jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ

primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)

原稿
yuán gǎo

manuscript

原籍
yuán jí

ancestral home (town)

原纤维
yuán xiān wéi

fibril

原罪
yuán zuì

original sin

原义
yuán yì

original meaning

原声
yuán shēng

acoustic (musical instrument)

原声带
yuán shēng dài

soundtrack

原肾管
yuán shèn guǎn

protonephridium (invertebrate anatomy)

原色
yuán sè

primary color

原著
yuán zhù

original work (not translation or abridged)

原苏联
yuán sū lián

former Soviet Union

原处
yuán chù

original spot

原虫
yuán chóng

protozoan

原被告
yuán bèi gào

plaintiff and defendant

原语
yuán yǔ

source language (linguistics)

原谅色
yuán liàng sè

(slang) green

原貌
yuán mào

the original form

原道
yuán dào

original path

原野
yuán yě

plain

原阳
yuán yáng

Yuanyang county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[xīn xiāng], Henan

原阳县
yuán yáng xiàn

Yuanyang county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[xīn xiāng], Henan

原鸽
yuán gē

(bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia)

原点
yuán diǎn

starting point

原点矩
yuán diǎn jǔ

(statistics) moment

呼伦贝尔草原
hū lún bèi ěr cǎo yuán

Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia

和平共处五项原则
hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé

Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence

问鼎中原
wèn dǐng zhōng yuán

to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)

固原
gù yuán

Guyuan city and prefecture in Ningxia

固原市
gù yuán shì

Guyuan city in Ningxia

国际原子能机构
guó jì yuán zǐ néng jī gòu

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

基本原则
jī běn yuán zé

fundamental doctrine

基本原理
jī běn yuán lǐ

fundamental principle

大草原
dà cǎo yuán

prairie

太原
tài yuán

Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省[shān xī shěng] in central north China

太原市
tài yuán shì

Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省[shān xī shěng] in central north China

官复原职
guān fù yuán zhí

restored to one's official post

屈原
qū yuán

Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞

屈原祠
qū yuán cí

Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳陽市|岳阳市, Hunan

屈原纪念馆
qū yuán jì niàn guǎn

Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[zǐ guī xiàn], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then

巴贝西亚原虫病
bā bèi xī yà yuán chóng bìng

babesiosis

巴里坤草原
bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán

Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang

巴音布克草原
bā yīn bù kè cǎo yuán

Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains

帕米尔高原
pà mǐ ěr gāo yuán

Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan

带原者
dài yuán zhě

(disease) carrier

平原县
píng yuán xiàn

Pingyuan county in Dezhou 德州[dé zhōu], Shandong

平原鹨
píng yuán liù

(bird species of China) tawny pipit (Anthus campestris)

几何原本
jǐ hé yuán běn

Euclid's Elements

复原乳
fù yuán rǔ

reconstituted milk

恢复原状
huī fù yuán zhuàng

to restore sth to its original state

情有可原
qíng yǒu kě yuán

pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)

恶性疟原虫
è xìng nüe4 yuán chóng

plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)

抗原
kàng yuán

antigen

抗原决定簇
kàng yuán jué dìng cù

antigen determinant (causing immunological response)

摩登原始人
mó dēng yuán shǐ rén

The Flintstones (TV Series)

掸邦高原
shàn bāng gāo yuán

Shan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma)

支原体
zhī yuán tǐ

Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall)

支原体肺炎
zhī yuán tǐ fèi yán

Mycoplasma pneumonia

日本原子能研究所
rì běn yuán zǐ néng yán jiū suǒ

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

昌原
chāng yuán

Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[qìng shàng nán dào], South Korea

昌原市
chāng yuán shì

Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[qìng shàng nán dào], South Korea

星星之火,可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán

a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect

东北平原
dōng běi píng yuán

Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain

东欧平原
dōng ōu píng yuán

East European Plain

东缅高原
dōng miǎn gāo yuán

Eastern Myanmar plateau

松原
sōng yuán

Songyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China

松原市
sōng yuán shì

Songyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China

松辽平原
sōng liáo píng yuán

Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原[dōng běi píng yuán]

核原料
hé yuán liào

nuclear material

欧洲原子能联营
ōu zhōu yuán zǐ néng lián yíng

Euratom

氧原子
yǎng yuán zǐ

oxygen atom

氢原子
qīng yuán zǐ

hydrogen atom

氢原子核
qīng yuán zǐ hé

hydrogen nucleus