Yuan

See also: yuan, Yüan, yuán, Yuán, yuàn, yuān, Yuăn, and yuǎn

English

Alternative forms

• Yüan (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌjuːˈɑn/, /ˈjuːən/
• Rhymes: -ɑn, -uːən

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 元 (Yuán).

Proper noun

Yuan

1. The imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368.
   • [1739 [1735], P. Du Halde, “Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea”, in The General History Of China‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume IV, →OCLC, page 391:

     [...]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.

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 袁 (Yuán). Doublet of Yuen.

Proper noun

Yuan

1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yuan is the 4129^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8588 individuals. Yuan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.43%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Aynu, anyu

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 元 (yuán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjuːan]

• Audio

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Noun

Yuan m (strong, genitive Yuan or Yuans, plural Yuan or Yuans)

1. yuan (basic unit of money in China)

Declension

Declension of Yuan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Yuan	die	Yuans, Yuan
genitive	eines	des	Yuans, Yuan	der	Yuans, Yuan
dative	einem	dem	Yuan	den	Yuans, Yuan
accusative	einen	den	Yuan	die	Yuans, Yuan

See also

• Renminbi

Further reading

• “Yuan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Yuan” in Duden online
• “Yuan”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Yuan” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon