yuán
shafts of a cart or carriage

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
de
zuò
wán
quán
shì
nán
yuán
běi
zhé

His approach is completely counterproductive

2
jiāng
jūn
zài
yuán
mén
wài
jiǎn
yuè
shì
bīng

The general reviewed soldiers outside the camp gate

3
chē
yuán
yào
xiū
cái
néng
shǐ使
yòng

The carriage shaft needs repair to continue use

4
xiǎng
běi
jīng
què
mǎi
le
shàng
hǎi
de
piào
zhēn
shì
nán
yuán
běi
zhé

He wants to go to Beijing, but bought a ticket to Shanghai, which is completely opposite to his goal.

5
gōng
xiǎng
gāo
yuán
gōng
xiào
què
zēng
jiā
le
gèng
duō
huì
zhè
zhǒng
zuò
jiǎn
zhí
shì
nán
yuán
běi
zhé

The company wants to improve employee efficiency, but adds more meetings, which is completely counterproductive.

6
zhèng
shì
tōng
guò
jiǎn
shuì
lái
jīng
dàn
tóng
shí
yòu
xuē
jiǎn
gōng
gòng
zhī
chū
zhè
zhǒng
nán
yuán
běi
zhé
de
zhèng
hěn
nán
dào
xiào
guǒ

The government tries to stimulate the economy by cutting taxes, but simultaneously slashes public spending drastically. Such contradictory policies are unlikely to achieve the desired results.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes14
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2936
Zhuyinㄩㄢˊ
Components
UnicodeU+8F95
CangjieKJMHV
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality