Pronunciation
:
yuán
Meaning
:
(noun) dollar (Chinese currency unit)
HSK
:
1
Notes
:
Also as

  • 块 (kuài) for real-life spoken Chinese. Native speakers almost always say “一块钱” instead of “一元钱”.
Related Word
:
毛 ,美元
Pronunciation
:
yuán
Meaning
:
  1. (adj) first; primary
  2. (adj) chief; principal
  3. (adj) fundamental; basic
  4. (noun) component; unit
  5. (noun) coins
  6. (noun) dollar; buck
Radical
:
Strokes
:
4
Traditional
:
Sentences:
他给了我五元。
He gave me five yuan.

tā gěi le wǒ wǔ yuán 。

:
he
给了
:
gave
:
me
:
five
:
yuan
一杯咖啡十元。
A cup of coffee is ten yuan.

yì bēi kā fēi shí yuán 。

:
one
:
(measure word for cup)
咖啡
:
coffee
:
ten
:
yuan
这件衣服一百元。
This piece of clothing costs one hundred yuan.

zhè jiàn yī fu yì bǎi yuán 。

:
this
:
(measure word for clothes)
衣服
:
clothing
一百
:
one hundred
:
yuan
午餐费是每人三元。
The lunch fee is three yuan per person.

wǔ cān fèi shì měi rén sān yuán 。

午餐费
:
lunch fee
:
is
每人
:
each person
:
three
:
yuan