Chinese Notes

元 yuán

yuán measure word monetary unit / dollar
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Economics 经济
Notes: (Guoyu '元' n 2; Unihan '元')
yuán proper noun Yuan Dynasty
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China 中国 , Concept: Dynasty 朝代
Notes: 1279-1368; sometimes called the Mongol Dynasty (GCED, p. 1364; Guoyu '元' n 4)
yuán adjective first
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '元' adj 1; Unihan '元')
yuán noun origin / head
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 头 (Guoyu '元' n 1; Unihan '元')
yuán measure word a variable representing an unknown quantity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics 数学
Notes: In an algebraic formula (Guoyu '元' n 3)
yuán proper noun Yuan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '元' n 5)
yuán adjective large
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 大 (Guoyu '元' adj 3)
yuán adjective good
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 善 (Guoyu '元' adj 4)
yuán adjective fundamental
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 基本 (Guoyu '元' adj 4)

美元 US dollar ; US dollars
元素 chemical element
二元 duality
单元(單元) unit
元宵节(元宵節) Lantern Festival
多元化 pluralism
公元 Christian era (CE) / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
元旦 New Year's Day
元宵 the night of the 15th of the first lunar month ; sticky rice dumplings
元件 element / component
元首 head of a state
三元 heaven, earth, and man ; New Year's Day ; the three yuan festivals ; the top candidates in each of the three imperial exams ; the three elements ; San Yuan
元宝(元寶) a silver or gold ingot
状元(狀元) the best ; the top scoring candidate in the imperial exams
会元(會元) the top provincial exam candidate
神经元(神經元) a neuron
中元 Ghost festival
中元节(中元節) Zhongyuan festival / Ghost festival
下元 Xiayuan festival ; water element ; the study of medicine
公元前 Before the Common Era (BCE)
下元节(下元節) Xiayuan festival
状元(狀元) the best ; the top scoring candidate in the imperial exams
元年 the first year of Emperor's reign / 0 CE