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Yuan
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- 1 The imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368.
"[...]the Founder of that Family, who took the Name of Yuen, and who is known in Europe by the Name of Zing hi, or Zing his kan, but whom the Chineſe Hiſtory calls Tchin bi ſe, and Tai tſou, after he had conquer’d the King had thoughts of carrying the War into Corea: His General, called Leou co immediately made himſelf Mafter of the Towns ſituated upon the Eaſt of the River Ya lou;[...]"
- 2 A surname from Chinese.
- 3 A surname from Chinese.
- 1 The basic unit of money in China.
"Sung paused to show me some of the notes. They were in issues of five yuan (a Chinese dollar, equal at this time to a little less than one American dollar), one yuan, twenty and ten cent denominations."
- 2 One of the five branches of the government of the Republic of China. Taiwan
- 3 the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 wordnet
- 4 the basic unit of money in China wordnet
Etymology
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).
From Mandarin 元 (Yuán).
From Mandarin 袁 (Yuán). Doublet of Yuen.
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