原 yuán in a sentence
Original (raw - forgive - plain - primary - source)
原 (yuán) means Original (raw - forgive - plain - primary - source). Below are 24 of the 66 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请 原 谅我来晚了。
Qǐng yuánliàng wǒ lái wǎn le.
Please forgive me for being late.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原谅
草 原 上有几匹马。
Cǎoyuán shàng yǒu jǐ pǐ mǎ.
There are several horses on the grassland.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 匹
请保留 原 始数据。
Qǐng bǎoliú yuánshǐ shùjù.
Please keep the original data.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 原始
原 来他早就知道了。
Yuánlái tā zǎo jiù zhīdào le.
So it turns out he knew all along.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原来
请说明迟到的 原 因。
Qǐng shuōmíng chídào de yuányīn.
Please explain the reason for being late.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原因
这就是失败的 原 因。
Zhè jiù shì shībài de yuányīn.
This is exactly why it failed.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原因
这才是真正的 原 因。
Zhè cái shì zhēnzhèng de yuányīn.
This is the real reason.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 真正
这种 原 料很难买到。
Zhè zhǒng yuánliào hěn nán mǎi dào.
This raw material is hard to buy.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 原料
面包的 原 料是面粉。
Miànbāo de yuánliào shì miànfěn.
The ingredient of bread is flour.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 原料
这是我做事的 原 则。
Zhè shì wǒ zuò shì de yuánzé.
This is my principle in doing things.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 原则
平 原 上适合种小麦。
Píngyuán shang shìhé zhòng xiǎomài.
The plain is suitable for growing wheat.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 平原
他歪曲了我的 原 意。
Tā wāiqū le wǒ de yuányì.
He distorted what I originally meant.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歪曲
他比 原 先胖了一些。
Tā bǐ yuánxiān pàng le yìxiē.
He is a little heavier than before.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 原先
译文要忠实于 原 文。
Yìwén yào zhōngshí yú yuánwén.
A translation must be faithful to the original.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忠实
这是问题的根本 原 因。
Zhè shì wèntí de gēnběn yuányīn.
This is the fundamental cause of the problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 根本
哦， 原 来是这么回事。
Ò, yuánlái shì zhème huí shì.
Oh, so that's what it was about.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哦
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From the graded readers
新工作的收入只有 原 来的一半。
xīn gōngzuò de / dì shōurù zhǐyǒu yuánlái de / dì yībàn.
The new job paid half what the old one had.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
原 来的位置上现在是一个超市。
yuánlái de / dì wèizhi shàng xiànzài shì yīgè chāo shì.
In its place there was now a supermarket.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
原 来那个声音不是搬东西，是他的拐杖。
yuánlái nèigè shēngyīn búshì bān dōngxī, shì tāde guǎi zhàng.
So the noise wasn't furniture at all — it was his walking stick.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
原 来在这个什么都变了的地方，还有人记得我。
yuánlái zài zhège shénme dōu biàn le / liǎo / liào de / dì dìfang, háiyǒu rén jìde wǒ.
So in this place where everything had changed, someone still remembered me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
新房子比 原 来的小一点儿，不过窗户大，光线好。
xīnfáng zǐ bǐ yuánlái de / dì xiǎo yīdiǎn ér, búguò chuāng hù dà, guāngxiàn hǎo / hào.
The new place is a little smaller, but the windows are big and the light is good.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
From the travel phrasebook
需要 原 产地证吗？
Xūyào yuánchǎndìzhèng ma?
Do we need a certificate of origin?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
原 appears in 66 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 原
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Questions about 原
How is 原 used in a sentence?
This page shows 66 sentences using 原 (yuán, "Original (raw - forgive - plain - primary - source)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 原 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 原 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 原?
The dictionary page for 原 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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