緣
yuán
hem, margin; reason, cause; karma, fate
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 糸
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 2
Other readings: yuàn
Simplified form: 缘
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 缘, the simplified form of 緣. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
看缘分吧。
Kàn yuán fèn ba
Let's see what fate has prescribed.
你知道为什么吗？是猫的缘故。
Nǐ zhī dào wèi shén me ma shì māo de yuán gù
And you know why? Because of cats.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 缘
- 缘故yuán gù 2–4 reason; cause
- 边缘biān yuán 1–2 edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
- 缘分yuán fèn 2–4 fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny
- 无缘wú yuán 2–2 to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
- 血缘xuè yuán 4–2 bloodline
- 绝缘jué yuán 2–2 to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
- 人缘儿rén yuán r 2–2 erhua variant of 人缘; relations with other people