yuan

名词 n.
/ˌjuːˈæn/|/ˈwæn/    /juˈɑn/|/ˈwɑn/|/ˈjuən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    中国农村的社会主义高潮(选本)
  2. One of the five branches of the government of the Republic of China. Taiwan

词形变化

yuan plural yuans plural yüan alternative yuan plural yuans plural yüan alternative

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
From Mandarin 院 (yuàn).
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