缘 yuán

hem, margin; reason, cause; fate

HSK 6 #1274

DEFINITIONS

  • hem, margin
  • reason, cause
  • fate
  • cause
  • reason
  • karma
  • fate
  • predestined affinity
  • margin
  • hem
  • edge
  • along

STROKES

WORDS

边缘 biān yuán
HSK 6
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
缘故 yuán gù
HSK 6
reason; cause
无缘无故 wú yuán wú gù no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
血缘 xuè yuán bloodline
缘由 yuán yóu reason; cause
缘分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny
人缘 rén yuán relations with other people
无缘 wú yuán 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
投缘 tóu yuán to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
情缘 qíng yuán predestined love; love affinity
绝缘 jué yuán to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
机缘 jī yuán chance; opportunity; destiny
因缘 yīn yuán chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
姻缘 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate
结缘 jié yuán to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth)
缘于 yuán yú to originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to; because of
亲缘 qīn yuán blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
边缘化 biān yuán huà to marginalize; marginalization
缘何 yuán hé why?; for what reason?
地缘 dì yuán geographic situation; geo-(politics etc)
绝缘体 jué yuán tǐ electrical insulation; heat insulation
缘起 yuán qǐ origin
后缘 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing)
良缘 liáng yuán good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner
人缘儿 rén yuán r erhua variant of 人緣|人缘[ren2 yuan2]
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