元
yuán
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
这件衣服打折后只要五十元。
zhè jiàn yī fu dǎ zhé hòu zhǐ yào wǔ shí yuán。
After the discount, this piece of clothing costs only fifty yuan.
他把一百元换成了零钱。
tā bǎ yī bǎi yuán huàn chéng le líng qián。
He exchanged one hundred yuan into small change.
Words with 元
元老
yuán lǎo
senior figure
国家元首
guó jiā yuán shǒu
head of state
西元前
xī yuán qián
BCE (before the Common Era)
元老院
yuán lǎo yuàn
upper house
大元帅
dà yuán shuài
generalissimo
状元
zhuàng yuán
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
神经元
shén jīng yuán
neuron
元器件
yuán qì jiàn
component
蔡元培
cài yuán péi
Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27
八位元
bā wèi yuán
8-bit (computing)
连中三元
lián zhòng sān yuán
(old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively
重元素
zhòng yuán sù
heavy element (such as uranium)