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"Yuan" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
袁熙 yuán xī Yuan
袁中道 yuán zhōng dào Yuan
Chinese Pinyin Translation
分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn
原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn
员 員 yuán (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals syn
院 yuàn courtyard / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
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 syn
远 遠 yuǎn far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) syn
远 遠 yuàn to distance oneself from (classical) syn
人民币 人民幣 rén mín bì Renminbi (RMB) / Chinese Yuan (CNY)
钞票 鈔票 chāo piào paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL:張|张[zhang1],紮|扎[za1] syn
南苑 nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
立院 lì yuàn (Tw) Legislative Yuan (abbr. for 立法院[Li4fa3yuan4])
元好问 元好問 yuán hào wèn Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition
米 mǐ uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan syn
毛 máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) syn
角 jiǎo angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
圆 圓 yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn
上都 shàng dū Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
烟花 煙花 yān huā fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) syn
大洋 dà yáng ocean / (old) silver dollar / (slang) Chinese yuan syn
国会 國會 guó huì Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) / Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
预案 預案 yù àn contingency plan
行政院 xíng zhèng yuàn Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
屈原 qū yuán Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
万年历 萬年曆 wàn nián lì perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁
袁绍 袁紹 yuán shào Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
元代 yuán dài the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
楔子 xiē zi wedge / peg / stopper / prologue (in some modern novels) / prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama syn
元朝 yuán cháo Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
立法院 lì fǎ yuàn Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China
袁世凯 袁世凱 yuán shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
考试院 考試院 kǎo shì yuàn Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
土司 tǔ sī sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
李渊 李淵 lǐ yuān Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖[Tang2 Gao1 zu3] (566-635), reigned 618-626
人民币元 人民幣元 rén mín bì yuán renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn
忽必烈 hū bì liè Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
离骚 離騷 lí sāo On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]
元军 元軍 yuán jūn Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty
王昭君 wáng zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
宋史 sòng shǐ History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书[Song4 shu1])
金朝 jīn cháo Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
金代 jīn dài Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
元曲 yuán qǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
话本 話本 huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
脱脱 脫脫 tuō tuō Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 and Jin 金史 / also written Tuoketuo 托克托
万元户 萬元戶 wàn yuán hù household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established) syn
杂剧 雜劇 zá jù a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy
段祺瑞 duàn qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
元史 yuán shǐ History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
蔡锷 蔡鍔 cài è Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4guo2jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor
袁枚 yuán méi Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
关汉卿 關漢卿 guān hàn qīng Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
监察院 監察院 jiān chá yuàn Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
魏源 wèi yuán Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
元世祖 yuán shì zǔ lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
李远哲 李遠哲 lǐ yuǎn zhé Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986
唐高祖 táng gāo zǔ Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[Li3 Yuan1] (566-635), reigned 618-626
司法院 sī fǎ yuàn Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
愿 願 yuàn (bound form) wish / hope / desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen) / may ... / vow / pledge syn
马致远 馬緻遠 mǎ zhì yuǎn Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1]
源 yuán root / source / origin syn
评话 評話 píng huà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary syn
平话 平話 píng huà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
毫 háo hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan syn
园 園 yuán land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc syn
援 yuán to help / to assist / to aid syn
缘 緣 yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along syn
怨 yuàn to blame / (bound form) resentment / hatred / grudge syn
袁 yuán long robe (old)
渊 淵 yuān deep pool / deep / profound syn
猿 蝯 yuán variant of 猿[yuan2]
冤 寃 yuān old variant of 冤[yuan1] syn
苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
垣 yuán wall syn
辕 轅 yuán shafts of cart / yamen
鸳 鴛 yuān mandarin duck
媛 yuàn (bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced [yuan2]) / Taiwan pr. [yuan2] syn
媛 yuán used in 嬋媛|婵媛[chan2yuan2] syn
沅 yuán Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan
爰 yuán therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money
鸢 鳶 yuān kite (small hawk) syn
鼋 黿 yuán sea turtle syn
圜 yuán circle / round
芫 yuán lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine
螈 yuán salamander / newt
掾 yuàn official
塬 yuán plateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黃土高原|黄土高原[Huang2 tu3 Gao1 yuan2]
瑗 yuàn large jade ring
眢 yuān inflamed eyelids / parched
橼 櫞 yuán used in 枸櫞|枸橼[ju3yuan2] and 香櫞|香橼[xiang1yuan2]
贠 貟 yuán old variant of 員|员[yuan2]
鹓 鵷 yuān firebird (mythology)
蜎 yuān larva of mosquito
蝝 yuán locust larva without wings
肙 yuān a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty
蚖 yuán Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod) / variant of 螈, salamander / newt / triton
笎 yuán bamboo with black patches
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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