原U+539F10 STROKES
Entry·pron. yuán
ㄩㄢˊ
“Original; former; primary; raw; cause; source; beginning; to forgive; a surname; a wide flat area.”
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- 原因ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣreason; cause; origin; root cause; the basis or explanation for something
- 原本ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄣˇoriginally; at first; the original version or source; the basis or foundation of something
- 原來ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊoriginal; former; at first; so, actually, as it turns out; used when discovering something previously unknown
- 原則ㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄜˊprinciple; doctrine; a rule or standard guiding conduct or thought; a fundamental truth or proposition
- 原住民ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊindigenous peoples; aborigines; native inhabitants of a region; in Taiwan, officially recognized Austronesian ethnic groups.
- 原先ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢoriginally; at first; in the beginning; former; initial.
- 原始ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˇoriginal; primitive; earliest; first; original document; unspoiled; unprocessed; in the earliest stage of human history
- 原有ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄡˇoriginal; former; pre-existing; inherent; already existing before a change or event
- 原料ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄠˋraw material; basic substance used to make or produce something.
- 原諒ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋto forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to show mercy or understanding toward someone's fault or mistake.
- 原理ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇprinciple; theory; the fundamental basis or reason behind something; underlying rule or truth
- 中原ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊthe Central Plains region of China along the middle and lower Yellow River; broadly, the heartland of Chinese civilization; by extension, China as a whole.
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