Chinese Word: 垣 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

垣

Pinyin: yuán

English Definition: wall

Chinese Definition:
①矮墙，墙：短垣。城垣。墙垣。
②城：省垣(省城)。
③官署：谏垣(谏官官署)。
④星的区域，古代把众星分为上、中、下三垣。
⑤姓氏。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 土

Pictophonetic:亘 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
- 亘 [ gèn ] to extend across, through; from

Similar Characters: 恒桓洹

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Example Words

城垣	chéng yuán	city wall
残垣断壁	cán yuán duàn bì	crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
断壁残垣	duàn bì cán yuán	ruins of buildings (idiom)
墙垣	qiáng yuán	wall; fence
襄垣县	xiāng yuán xiàn	Xiangyuan county in Changzhi 长治 , Shanxi

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Example Sentences

1		hái zi men 孩子们 yǐ 以 kě 可 bù 怖 de 的 shèng lì 胜利 zhī 之 cán yuán 残垣 wèi 为 tā men 他们 de 的 wán ǒu 玩偶 jiàn zào 建造 fáng wū 房屋。 With the ruins of terror' s triumph children build their doll' s house.
2		lún pán dǔ 轮盘赌 yóu xì 游戏 shì 是 dà yuán 大垣 gòng lì 共立 yín háng 银行 zēng jiā 增加 zì dòng 自动 qǔ kuǎn jī 取款机 fú wù 服务 lè qù 乐趣 de 的 dì èr cì 第二次 cháng shì 尝试。 The roulette game is Ogaki Kyoritsu's second shot at jazzing up its ATM services.
3		kàn dào 看到 wǎ lì 瓦砾 cán yuán 残垣、 zá cǎo cóng shēng 杂草丛生 de 的 xiāo tiáo 萧条 jǐng xiàng 景象， rěn bú zhù 忍不住 wèn 问 dāng dì 当地 bǎi xìng 百姓 guō shì 郭氏 miè wáng 灭亡 de 的 yuán yīn 原因。 Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.
4		jǐn liàng 尽量 bú yào 不要 jiē jìn 接近 cán yuán 残垣， shǐ 使 zhī 之 bǎo chí 保持 yuán yàng 原样， yǐ miǎn 以免 fā shēng 发生 zài cì 再次 bēng tā 崩塌 ér 而 pò huài 破坏 xiàn yǒu 现有 de 的 kòng xì 空隙。 Keep off wreckage as much as possible; leave it undisturbed or the neutral voids may be destroyed by further collapse.
5		sì zhōu 四周 mǎn mù chuāng yí 满目疮痍： shù mù 树木 lián gēn bá qǐ 连根拔起， nóng tián 农田 bèi 被 tǎn kè 坦克 hé 和 zhà dàn 炸弹 cuī huǐ 摧毁， fáng wū 房屋 dǎo tā 倒塌， chéng wéi 成为 tuí yuán 颓垣 bài 败 wǎ 瓦。 Around me I saw complete devastation; countless uprooted trees, farms destroyed by tanks and bombs, and houses reduced to rubble.

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1		hái zi men 孩子们 yǐ 以 kě 可 bù 怖 de 的 shèng lì 胜利 zhī 之 cán yuán 残垣 wèi 为 tā men 他们 de 的 wán ǒu 玩偶 jiàn zào 建造 fáng wū 房屋。 With the ruins of terror' s triumph children build their doll' s house.
2		lún pán dǔ 轮盘赌 yóu xì 游戏 shì 是 dà yuán 大垣 gòng lì 共立 yín háng 银行 zēng jiā 增加 zì dòng 自动 qǔ kuǎn jī 取款机 fú wù 服务 lè qù 乐趣 de 的 dì èr cì 第二次 cháng shì 尝试。 The roulette game is Ogaki Kyoritsu's second shot at jazzing up its ATM services.
3		kàn dào 看到 wǎ lì 瓦砾 cán yuán 残垣、 zá cǎo cóng shēng 杂草丛生 de 的 xiāo tiáo 萧条 jǐng xiàng 景象， rěn bú zhù 忍不住 wèn 问 dāng dì 当地 bǎi xìng 百姓 guō shì 郭氏 miè wáng 灭亡 de 的 yuán yīn 原因。 Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.
4		jǐn liàng 尽量 bú yào 不要 jiē jìn 接近 cán yuán 残垣， shǐ 使 zhī 之 bǎo chí 保持 yuán yàng 原样， yǐ miǎn 以免 fā shēng 发生 zài cì 再次 bēng tā 崩塌 ér 而 pò huài 破坏 xiàn yǒu 现有 de 的 kòng xì 空隙。 Keep off wreckage as much as possible; leave it undisturbed or the neutral voids may be destroyed by further collapse.
5		sì zhōu 四周 mǎn mù chuāng yí 满目疮痍： shù mù 树木 lián gēn bá qǐ 连根拔起， nóng tián 农田 bèi 被 tǎn kè 坦克 hé 和 zhà dàn 炸弹 cuī huǐ 摧毁， fáng wū 房屋 dǎo tā 倒塌， chéng wéi 成为 tuí yuán 颓垣 bài 败 wǎ 瓦。 Around me I saw complete devastation; countless uprooted trees, farms destroyed by tanks and bombs, and houses reduced to rubble.

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