原

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Example sentences

• 原因呢？

  Yuán yīn ne

  And what was the reason?

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• 是什么原因？

  Shì shén me yuán yīn

  What's causing it?

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• 原来如此！

  Yuán lái rú cǐ

  So that's how it is!

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• 是什么原因呢？

  Shì shén me yuán yīn ne

  What's the reason?

  Listen Shadow

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Words containing 原

• 原因yuán yīn 2–1 cause; origin; root cause; reason
• 原来yuán lái 2–2 original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
• 原则yuán zé 2–2 principle; doctrine
• 原谅yuán liàng 2–4 to excuse; to forgive; to pardon
• 原料yuán liào 2–4 raw material
• 原始yuán shǐ 2–3 first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
• 原理yuán lǐ 2–3 principle; theory
• 原先yuán xiān 2–1 originally; original; former
• 草原cǎo yuán 3–2 grassland; prairie
• 平原píng yuán 2–2 field; plain
• 原有yuán yǒu 2–3 original; former
• 高原gāo yuán 1–2 plateau