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原理

yuán lǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

原理 (yuán lǐ) means "principle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 原理 means

1. principle
2. theory

The characters in 原理

• 原yuánformer; original; primary
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Example sentences

• 3D 眼镜的原理是视网膜视差。
  3-D glasses make use of retinal disparity.

Words containing 原理

• 基本原理jī běn yuán lǐfundamental principle
• 不确定性原理bù què dìng xìng yuán lǐHeisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
• 变分原理biàn fēn yuán lǐvariational principle (physics)
• 不相容原理bù xiāng róng yuán lǐ(Pauli) exclusion principle (physics)

Where 原理 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù–yùn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yuán lǐ correctly.
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