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美元 (Měi yuán) — US dollar (currency unit)

Definition

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US dollar (currency unit)

Examples

  • 美元。
    Tā yòng yì bǎi Měi yuán mǎi le yí jiàn yī fu.
    He used one hundred US dollars to buy a piece of clothing.
  • 美元。
    Jīn tiān de huì lǜ shì yì Měi yuán huàn qī kuài rén mín bì.
    Today's exchange rate is one US dollar for seven Chinese yuan.
  • 美元。
    Wǒ de qián bāo lǐ hái yǒu èr shí Měi yuán.
    There are still twenty US dollars in my wallet.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

美měiAmerican
元yuándollar

美 points to America, and 元 names the dollar unit.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

Open 美 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 元 shows a figure with two lines for a head, one connected to the body and one above it, emphasizing the head.

Open 元 →
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