HSK 4 · Verbs

原谅 yuánliàng “to excuse” in Chinese

Traditional 原諒

What 原谅 means

  1. to excuse
  2. to forgive
  3. to pardon

How to say 原谅

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale原yuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale谅liàng4th tone, falling

原谅 in a sentence

  1. 原谅我早上这么早给你打电话。

    Yuánliàng wǒ zǎoshang zhème zǎo gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.

    Please forgive me for calling you so early in the morning.

    Sentence #9965022 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我不会原谅你，除非你真诚地道歉。

    Wǒ búhuì yuánliàng nǐ, chúfēi nǐ zhēnchéng de dàoqiàn.

    I won’t forgive you unless you apologise sincerely.

    Sentence #1477296 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们已经原谅你了。

    Wǒmen yǐjīng yuánliàng nǐ le.

    We’ve already forgiven you.

    Sentence #2241840 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 原谅 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 原 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
原yuánformer
  • 厂cliff · hǎnMeaning part
  • 泉spring · quánSound part

厂 hints at the meaning (cliff); 泉 (quán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

The character 谅 (liàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
谅liàngto show understanding
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 京capital city · jīngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 京 (jīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with liàng.

How to write 原谅

原 10 strokes · 谅 10 strokes

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原谅 (yuánliàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 原谅 (yuánliàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 原谅

Words with 原

原因yuányīn · cause原来yuánlái · original原料yuánliào · raw material原则yuánzé · principle原先yuánxiān · originally平原píngyuán · plain还原huányuán · to restore原始yuánshǐ · original原告yuángào · plaintiff原理yuánlǐ · principle

Words with 谅

谅解liàngjiě · to understand体谅tǐliàng · to be understanding

More words: Thinking & Talking

误会wùhuì · to misunderstand邀请yāoqǐng · to invite意见yìjiàn · idea以为yǐwéi · to think (wrongly)阅读yuèdú · to read证明zhèngmíng · proof支持zhīchí · to support重视zhòngshì · to take seriously

FAQs

原谅 (yuánliàng) means “to excuse” or “to forgive”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yuánliàng: yuán with a 2nd tone, then liàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 原谅 is written 原諒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuanliang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 原谅 from the suggestions. Typing yuanliang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
原谅 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.