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 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon
Results beginning with 元
 yuán sù element / element of a set / chemical element
 yuán jiàn element / component
 Yuán dàn New Year's Day
 yuán shuài marshal (in the army)
 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen
 yuán qì strength / vigor / vitality / (TCM) vital energy
 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
 Yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
 yuán bǎo a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
 yuán shǒu head of state
 yuán shén primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings
 Yuán dài the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
 yuán xiōng chief offender / main culprit
 Yuán cháo Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
 yuán yīn vowel
 Yuán jūn Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty
 yuán xūn leading light / founding father / principal proponent
 Yuán qǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
 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
 Yuán shān Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 / of North Korea
 Yuán bà Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 shi4], Sichuan
 Yuán cháng Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
 yuán è arch-criminal / master criminal
 yuán lái variant of 原來|原来[yuan2 lai2]
 Yuán Lǎng Yuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong
 yuán lóng one that has achieved the way / emperor
 yuán méi variant of 原煤[yuan2 mei2]
 Yuán mò final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) / mid 14th century
 Yuán móu Yuanmou County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
 yuán pèi first wife
 yuán qīng deep black
 yuán ròu dried longan pulp
 Yuán shì Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
 Yuán yáng Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
 yuán yè Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1]
 yuán zǔ tuple
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 yuán qì jiàn component
 Yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
 Yuán Shì zǔ lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
 Yuán Hào wèn Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition
 yuán rèn zhī metacognition
  meta-evaluation
 Yuán bǎo qū Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 shi4], Liaoning
 Yuán bǎo shān Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
 Yuán bà qū Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 shi4], Sichuan
 Yuán cháng xiāng Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
 Yuán gǔ dài Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
 Yuán gǔ zhòu pre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m)
 Yuán jiāng xiàn Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
 Yuán Lǎng shì Yuen Long town, Hong Kong Island
 yuán lè shàng Empress
 Yuán móu xiàn Yuanmou County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
 Yuán shān shì Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 / of North Korea
 Yuán shì xiàn Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
 yuán shù jù metadata
 yuán sù liú elemental sulphur
 Yuán Tài zǔ posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)
 Yuán yáng xiàn Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
 yuán yǔ yán metalanguage
 yuán yǔ zhòu metaverse (computing)
 yuán zhōu zǎi Yuen
 yuán zī liào metadata
 yuán è dà duì arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
 yuán yuán běn běn variant of 原原本本[yuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3]
 Yuán bǎo shān qū Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
 Yuán mò Míng chū late Yuan and early Ming / mid 14th century
 yuán yīn hé xié vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
 yuán yīn shī dú vowel devoicing
 yuán bāo zì dòng jī cellular automaton
 Yuán qǔ sì dà jiā Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
 Yuán shī sì dà jiā the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] and 揭傒斯[Jie1 Xi1 si1]
 yuán sù zhōu qī biǎo periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
 yuán yǔ yán néng lì metalinguistic ability
 yuán yǔ yán xué yì shí metalinguistic awareness
  Metadata Common Vocabulary
 Yuán jiāng Hā ní zú Yí zú Dǎi zú zì zhì xiàn Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
Approximate Results for 元
 Měi yuán American dollar / US dollar
 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
 duō yuán poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)
 Oū yuán euro (currency)
 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
 Rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆[Ri4 yuan2]
 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
 Gǎng yuán Hong Kong dollar
 yī yuán single variable (math.) / univariate
 wèi yuán bit (computing)
 èr yuán duality / dual / bipolar / binary
 Aò yuán Australian dollar
西 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
 Hán yuán Won (Korean currency)
 jì yuán calendar era / epoch
 zì yuán character (computing) (Tw)
 cì yuán dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
 fù yuán variant of 復原|复原[fu4 yuan2]
 gǎi yuán to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
 jiè yuán first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
 biàn yuán (math.) argument / variable
广 Guǎng yuán Guangyuan prefecture-level city in Sichuan
 huì yuán provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
 hùn yuán time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world
 Kāi yuán Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
 kuí yuán brightest and best / chief / first among peers
 lì yuán epoch
 lún yuán to win the top award / to come first in the examination rankings
 miǎn yuán kyat, currency of Myanmar
 Qìng yuán Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3], Zhejiang
 Ruǎn Yuán scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
 sān yuán (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
 xiàng yuán pixel (remote sensing imagery)
 xiāo yuán elimination (math) / to eliminate one variable from equations
 yóu yuán petrodollar
 Zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
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 duō yuán huà diversification / pluralism / to diversify
 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
 Zhū Yuán zhāng Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
 dān yuán gé (spreadsheet) cell
 xīn jì yuán new era / new epoch
 dà yuán shuài generalissimo
 shén jīng yuán neuron
 yǒu xiàn yuán finite element (method)
 Cài Yuán péi Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27
 Liǔ Zōng yuán Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 / and neoclassical 復古|复古 / movements
 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)
 Dà Jì yuán Epoch Times, US newspaper
 yī yuán huà integration / integrated / unified
 Yáo Wén yuán Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
 sān cì yuán three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元[er4 ci4 yuan2])
 èr yuán lùn dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
 èr cì yuán two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
 Zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
 yī yuán lùn monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
  inyenzi / cockroach
 bàn yuán yīn semivowel
 bā wèi yuán 8-bit (computing)
 bì yuán yīn close vowel
 bù dìng yuán indeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x
 Chén Yuán guāng Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
 Cuī Yǒng yuán Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
 dān wèi yuán identity element (math.)
 dān yuán fáng apartment
 duō yuán lùn pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
 duō yuán xìng diversity
 duō yuán zhǐ polyester
 èr yuán chún ethyl alcohol C2H5OH
 èr yuán jì binary agent
 gōng yuán zhì Anno Domini system
广 Guǎng yuán shì Guangyuan prefecture-level city in Sichuan
 Hàn Yuán dì Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭[Liu2 Shi4], (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
 jīn yuán quàn currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
 jì yuán qián before the common era (BC)
 Lǐ Bó yuán Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 / (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
 Lǐ Yuán hào Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] around modern Ningxia 寧夏|宁夏[Ning2 xia4]
 měi yuán huà dollarization
 ōu yuán huà euroization
 Oū yuán qū Eurozone
 qiān wèi yuán kilobit
 qīng yuán sù light element (such as hydrogen)
 Qìng yuán xiàn Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3], Zhejiang
 sān yuán chún propyl alcohol C3H7OH
 Sān yuán qū Sanyuan district of Sanming city 三明市[San1 ming2 shi4], Fujian
 sān yuán yīn triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)
 shuāng yuán yīn diphthong
 sì yuán shù quaternion (math.)
 Tiān yuán qū Tianyuan district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市, Hunan
 Wèi yuán bì Bitcoin
 wèi yuán zǔ (Tw) byte (computing)
 Xīn Yuán shǐ New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞[Ke1 Shao4 min2] in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
西 xī yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
 yī yuán chún methyl alcohol CH3OH
 yī yuán suān monoprotic
 Zhào Yuán rèn Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
 zhòng yuán sù heavy element (such as uranium)
 zì yuán jí character set
 wēi liàng yuán sù trace element (chemistry)
 diàn zǐ yuán jiàn electronic component
 rén mín bì yuán renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
 guó jiā yuán shǒu head of state
 xī tǔ yuán sù rare earth element (chemistry)
 fù hé yuán yīn diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)
 huà xué yuán sù chemical element
 juǎn shé yuán yīn retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
 kāi guó yuán xūn founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
 yī yuán fù shǐ a new year begins (idiom)
  reference epoch / epoch date / epoch
  Buddhist Era
  cutting unit / setting
  training module
  multivariate analysis
  dollar track
  Eurosystem
宿  dormitory module
  multi-component munitions
  family unit
  unitary munitions
 ā xì yuán sù actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕[a1], thorium Th90 釷|钍[tu3], protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤[pu2], uranium U92 鈾|铀[you2], neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎[na2], plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚[bu4], americium Am95 鎇|镅[mei2], curium Cm96 鋦|锔[ju2], berkelium Bk97 錇|锫[pei2], californium Cf98 鐦|锎[kai1], einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿[ai1], fermium Fm100 鐨|镄[fei4], mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔[men2], nobelium No102 鍩|锘[nuo4], lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹[lao2]
 Bā Dà Yuán lǎo "the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2] / abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]
 Cè fǔ yuán guī Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 / and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls
 dān yuán pín lu:4 unit frequency
 dà shāng yuán qì to ruin one's constitution
 duō yuán yǔ zhòu multiverse (cosmology)
 èr yuán qián tǐ binary precursor
 fù jiā yuán jiàn additional element / (computing) add-on / plug-in
 gōng néng dān yuán capability component
 hén liàng yuán sù trace element / trace mineral / micromineral
 jǐn zhì yuán sù compact
 kāi guó yuán xūn variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company, school etc
 Kāi yuán shèng shì peak of Tang prosperity during Kaiyuan, reign name 713-741 of Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
 lán xì yuán sù lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧[lan2], cerium Ce58 鈰|铈[shi4], praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨[pu3], neodymium Nd60 釹|钕[nu:3], promethium Pm61 鉕|钷[po3], samarium Sm62 釤|钐[shan1], europium Eu63 銪|铕[you3], gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆[ga2], terbium Tb65 鋱|铽[te4], dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝[di1], holmium Ho67 鈥|钬[huo3], erbium Er68 鉺|铒[er3], thulium Tm69 銩|铥[diu1], ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱[yi4], lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥[lu3]
 lián zhòng sān yuán (old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
 mǐn gǎn yuán jiàn sensor
 mó kuài dān yuán modular unit
 ōu zhōu měi yuán eurodollar
 rán liào yuán jiàn fuel assembly / fuel cell
 sān yuán yùn suàn ternary operator (computing)
 shén jīng yuán wǎng neural network
 shí liù wèi yuán 16-bit (computing)
亿 shí yì wèi yuán gigabit
 wàn yòng zì yuán (computing) wildcard character (Tw)
 Wǔ dēng Huì yuán Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
 xī yǒu yuán sù trace element (nutrition)
 yǒu xiàn dān yuán finite element (method)
 yǒu xiàn yuán fǎ finite element method
 Zhào gōng yuán shuài Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
 zhōng yuán pǔ dù Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
 diàn zǐ yuán qì jiàn electronic component
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