name
Meaning 1
The Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
yuan
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌjuːˈæn/
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UK: /ˈwæn/
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General-American: /juˈɑn/
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General-American: /ˈwɑn/
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General-American: /ˈjuən/
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homophone: won
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rhymes with -æn
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rhymes with -ɑːn
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CMU ARPABET: Y UW0 AA1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname from Chinese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
The basic unit of money in China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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noun
Meaning 4
One of the five branches of the government of the Republic of China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Taiwan
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 5
the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dynasty
noun
Meaning 6
the basic unit of money in China
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kwai
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Chinese monetary unit
History
Etymology
From Mandarin 元 (Yuán).
From Mandarin 袁 (Yuán). Doublet of Yuen.
From Mandarin 元 (yuán), from 圓/圆 (yuán, “circle > round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Compare Japanese 円(えん) (en), Korean 원(圓) (won). Doublet of yen and won.
From Mandarin 院 (yuàn).
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: يُوَان (yuwān) — basic unit of money in China
- Armenian: յուան (yuan) — basic unit of money in China
- Belarusian: юа́нь (juánʹ) — basic unit of money in China
- Bulgarian: юа́н (juán) — basic unit of money in China
- Burmese: ယွမ် (ywam) — basic unit of money in China
- Catalan: iuan — basic unit of money in China
- Chinese Cantonese: 元 (jyun4) — basic unit of money in China
- Chinese Cantonese: 蚊 — basic unit of money in China
- Chinese: йүан (yüan) — basic unit of money in China
- Chinese: 箍 (zh-min-nan) — basic unit of money in China
- Chinese Mandarin: 圓 /圆 (yuán) — basic unit of money in China
- Chinese Mandarin: 元 (yuán) — basic unit of money in China
- Chinese Mandarin: 塊 /块 (kuài) — basic unit of money in China
- Chinese Mandarin: 人民幣 /人民币 (rénmínbì) — basic unit of money in China
- Czech: jüan — basic unit of money in China
- Dutch: yuan — basic unit of money in China
- Esperanto: juano — basic unit of money in China
- Estonian: jüaan — basic unit of money in China
- Finnish: juan — basic unit of money in China
- Finnish: yuan — basic unit of money in China
- French: yuan — basic unit of money in China
- German: Yuan — basic unit of money in China
- Hebrew: יוּאָן (yuán) — basic unit of money in China
- Hindi: युआन (yuān) — basic unit of money in China
- Hungarian: jüan — basic unit of money in China
- Italian: yuan — basic unit of money in China
- Japanese: 元 (gen) — basic unit of money in China
- Japanese: ユアン (yuan) — basic unit of money in China
- Japanese: 人民元 (jinmingen) — basic unit of money in China
- Kazakh: юән (üän) — basic unit of money in China
- Kazakh: қуай (quai) — basic unit of money in China
- Khakas: юан (yuan) — basic unit of money in China
- Khmer: យ័ន (yuon) — basic unit of money in China
- Korean: 원 (won) — basic unit of money in China
- Korean: 유안 (yuan) — basic unit of money in China
- Korean: 위안 (wian) — basic unit of money in China
- Latvian: juaņs — basic unit of money in China
- Lithuanian: juanis — basic unit of money in China
- Macedonian: ју́ан (júan) — basic unit of money in China
- Malay: yuan — basic unit of money in China
- Māori: wāna — basic unit of money in China
- Marathi: युआन (yuān) — basic unit of money in China
- Mongolian: юань (juanʹ) — basic unit of money in China
- Mongolian: төгрөг (tögrög) — basic unit of money in China
- Mongolian: ᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ (tögörig) — basic unit of money in China
- Persian: یوان (yuân) — basic unit of money in China
- Polish: juan — basic unit of money in China
- Portuguese: yuan — basic unit of money in China
- Russian: юа́нь (juánʹ) — basic unit of money in China
- Serbo-Croatian: јуан — basic unit of money in China
- Serbo-Croatian: juan — basic unit of money in China
- Slovak: jüan — basic unit of money in China
- Spanish: yuan — basic unit of money in China
- Thai: หยวน (yǔuan) — basic unit of money in China
- Tibetan: སྒོར (sgor) — basic unit of money in China
- Tibetan: མི་དམངས་ཤོག་དངུལ། (mi dmangs shog dngul) — basic unit of money in China
- Ukrainian: юа́нь (juánʹ) — basic unit of money in China
- Uyghur: يۈەن (yüen) — basic unit of money in China
- Uyghur: كوي (koy) — basic unit of money in China
- Uyghur: خەلق پۇلى (xelq puli) — basic unit of money in China
- Vietnamese: nguyên — basic unit of money in China
- Zhuang: maenz — basic unit of money in China