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缘

yuán

HSK 6 Character Traditional 緣

What 缘 means

1. cause
2. reason
3. karma
4. fate
5. predestined affinity
6. margin
7. hem
8. edge
9. along

Example sentences

• 看缘分吧。
  Kàn yuánfèn ba.
  Let's see what fate has prescribed.
• 西洋常春藤是攀缘藤本植物。
  English ivy is a climbing vine.
• 你知道为什么吗？是猫的缘故。
  Nǐ zhīdào wèishénme ma? shì māo de yuángù.
  And you know why? Because of cats.
• 你知道为什幺吗？是猫的缘故。
  And you know why? Because of cats.
• 有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。
  Yǒuyuán qiānlǐ lái xiānghuì, wúyuán duìmiàn bù xiāngféng.
  Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.
• 我讨厌前面的车毫无缘故地突然煞车。
  I hate when the driver in front of me hits the brakes for no reason.

Words starting with 缘

• 缘故yuán gùreason; cause
• 缘分yuán fènfate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship…
• 缘由yuán yóureason; cause
• 缘起yuán qǐto originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor
• 缘于yuán yúto originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to
• 缘何yuán hé(literary) why?; for what reason?
• 缘饰yuán shìfringe
• 缘木求鱼yuán mù qiú yúlit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible

Words containing 缘

• 边缘biān yuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
• 无缘wú yuánto have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance
• 因缘yīn yuánchance; opportunity; predestined relationship
• 情缘qíng yuánpredestined love; love affinity
• 血缘xuè yuánbloodline
• 机缘jī yuánchance; opportunity; destiny
• 无缘无故wú yuán wú gù(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for
• 姻缘yīn yuána marriage predestined by fate
• 人缘rén yuánthe quality of one's relationships with other people (e.g. 人缘好
• 随缘suí yuánto go with the flow; to accept things as they come
• 地缘dì yuángeographic situation; geo-(politics etc)
• 绝缘jué yuánto have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
• 边缘化biān yuán huàto marginalize; marginalization
• 结缘jié yuánto form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth)
• 投缘tóu yuánto be kindred spirits; to hit it off
• 良缘liáng yuángood karma; opportune connection with marriage partner
• 化缘huà yuán(of a monk) to beg
• 善缘shàn yuángood karma
• 宿缘sù yuán(Buddhism) predestined relationship
• 后缘hòu yuántrailing edge (of airplane wing)
• 有缘yǒu yuánrelated; brought together by fate
• 亲缘qīn yuánblood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
• 路缘lù yuáncurb
• 轮缘lún yuánrim; edge of wheel

Characters built on 彖

These share the phonetic component 彖 (tuàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 椽chuánbeam; rafter; classifier for rooms
• 篆zhuànseal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
• 掾yuànofficial

Characters that look like 缘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 液yè(bound form) a liquid; also pr. yì
• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 椎zhuī(bound form) vertebra
• 琅lángjade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants

Sounds the same

Read yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 元currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 员(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…
• 原former; original; primary
• 园land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 圆circle; round; circular
• 源root; source; origin
• 援to help; to assist; to aid
• 辕shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 袁long robe (old)
• 猿ape
• 媛used in 婵媛
• 垣wall