Word information
Simplified元旦
Traditional元旦
PinyinYuándàn
Part of speech名
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.05
Character breakdown
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How to learn 元旦
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元yuán
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon; surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
单元dānyuánunit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
一旦yídànin case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
多元duōyuánpoly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.)
公元gōngyuánCE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
元素yuánsùelement (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)