| 原阳县 | Yuán yáng xiàn | Yuanyang county in Xinxiang 新乡, Henan |
| 原点 | yuán diǎn | origin (math.); origin of coordinates |
| 原点矩 | yuán diǎn jǔ | (statistics) moment |
| 可再生原 | kě zài shēng yuán | renewable resource |
| 呼伦贝尔草原 | Hū lún bèi ěr cǎo yuán | Hulunbuir grasslands of inner Mongolia |
| 和平共处五项原则 | hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé | Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India |
| 问鼎中原 | wèn dǐng zhōng yuán | lit. to inquire of the tripods (idiom); fig. to plan to seize power of the whole country; grand ambitions to win |
| 固原 | Gù yuán | Guyuan city and prefecture in Ningxia |
| 固原地区 | Gù yuán dì qū | Guyuan prefecture in Ningxia |
| 固原市 | Gù yuán shì | Guyuan city in Ningxia |
| 国际原子能机构 | guó jì yuán zǐ néng jī gòu | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
| 国际原子能结构 | guó jì yuán zǐ néng jié gòu | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
| 基本原理 | jī běn yuán lǐ | fundamental principle |
| 官复原职 | guān fù yuán zhí | restored to one's official post; to send sb back to his former post |
| 屈原祠 | Qū Yuán cí | Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳阳市, Hunan |
| 屈原纪念馆 | Qū Yuán jì niàn guǎn | Qu Yuan memorial hall in Zigui county 秭归县, Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then |
| 巴贝西亚原虫病 | bā bèi xī yà yuán chóng bìng | babesiosis |
| 巴里坤草原 | Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán | Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang |
| 巴音布克草原 | Bā yīn bù kè cǎo yuán | Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains |
| 帕米尔高原 | Pà mǐ ěr Gāo yuán | Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan |
| 平原县 | Píng yuán xiàn | Pingyuan county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong |
| 几何原本 | Jǐ hé yuán běn | Euclid's Elements |
| 恢复原状 | huī fù yuán zhuàng | to restore something to its original state |
| 情有可原 | qíng yǒu kě yuán | pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc) |
| 恶性疟原虫 | è xìng nüè yuán chóng | plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite) |
| 抗原决定簇 | kàng yuán jué dìng cù | antigen determinant (causing immunological response); epitope |
| 摩登原始人 | Mó dēng Yuán shǐ rén | The Flintstones (TV Series) |
| 掸邦高原 | Shàn bāng gāo yuán | Shan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma) |
| 支原体 | zhī yuán tǐ | Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall) |
| 支原体肺炎 | zhī yuán tǐ fèi yán | Mycoplasma pneumonia |
| 日本原子能研究所 | Rì běn Yuán zǐ Néng Yán jiū suǒ | Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute |
| 昌原 | Chāng yuán | Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 庆尚南道, South Korea |
| 昌原市 | Chāng yuán shì | Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 庆尚南道, South Korea |
星星之火，
可以燎原 | xīng xing zhī huǒ ,
kě yǐ liáo yuán | a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect |
| 东缅高原 | Dōng Miǎn gāo yuán | Eastern Myanmar plateau |
| 松原 | Sōng yuán | Songyuan prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China |
| 松原市 | Sōng yuán shì | Songyuan prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China |
| 松辽平原 | Sōng liáo píng yuán | Songliao plain of northeast China including Songhua river 松花江 through Liaoning peninsula |
| 核原料 | hé yuán liào | nuclear material |
| 欧洲原子能联营 | ōu zhōu yuán zǐ néng lián yíng | Euratom |
| 氧原子 | yǎng yuán zǐ | oxygen atom |
| 氢原子 | qīng yuán zǐ | hydrogen atom |
| 氢原子核 | qīng yuán zǐ hé | hydrogen nucleus |
| 氮原子 | dàn yuán zǐ | nitrogen atom |
| 水原 | Shuǐ yuán | Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道, South Korea |
| 水原市 | Shuǐ yuán shì | Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道, South Korea |
| 江原道 | Jiāng yuán dào | Gangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty; Kangwon province of North Korea; Gangwon province in northeast South Korea, capital Chuncheon 春川 |
| 海原 | Hǎi yuán | Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中卫, Ningxia |
| 海原县 | Hǎi yuán xiàn | Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中卫, Ningxia |
| 清原 | Qīng yuán | Qingyuan county in Fushun 抚顺, Liaoning |
