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yuan

/ˌjuːˈæn/US/juˈɑn/

yuan noun: the basic unit of money in China.

Noun (1)

yuan (plural yuan or yuans)

  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.1940, Evans Fordyce Carlson, “Test Tube for New China”, in Twin Stars of China: A Behind-the-Scenes Story of China's Valiant Struggle For Existence By A U. S. Marine who Lived & Moved with The...
    • The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.1978 [1955 June 24], Yenpei Prefectural Party Committee, “A Stern Struggle Must be Waged Against Graft and Theft”, in General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, editor...
    Synonyms:
    kuai, kwai

Noun (2)

yuan (plural yuan or yuans)

  1. (Taiwan) One of the five branches of the government of the Republic of China.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Yuan

Yuan

  1. The Mongol-led 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...[1739 [1735], P. Du Halde, “Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea”, in The General History Of China, 2nd edition, volume IV, →OCLC, page 391
  2. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Yuan

Yuan

  1. A surname from Chinese.

yuan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

yuan in Hindi

basic unit of money in China
युआन yuān

yuan in Tamil

யுவான்

yuan in Marathi

basic unit of money in China
युआन yuān

yuan in Urdu

یوآن, یوان
More languagesFewer languages
yuan in Bengali
ইউয়ান, ইয়ুয়ান, যুয়ান
yuan in Telugu
యువాన్, యువన్, యుయాన్
yuan in Malayalam
യുവാൻ
yuan in Kannada
ಯುವಾನ್, ಯುವನ್, ಯುಯಾನ್
yuan in Punjabi
ਯੁਆਨ, ਯੂਆਨ
yuan in Gujarati
યુઆન
yuan in Odia
ଯ଼ୁଆନ, ଯ଼ୁଆନ୍
yuan in Nepali
युआन
yuan in Arabic
يُوَان yuwān
yuan in Malay
yuan
yuan in Persian
یوان yuân
yuan in Thai
หยวน yǔuan
yuan in Vietnamese
nguyên
yuan in Myanmar
ယွမ် ywam

Examples of yuan in a sentence

  • A ticket to these Saturday and Sunday night dances costs 15 yuan, or $5.35, which is a lot when one considers that the average Peking worker makes 60 to 70 yuan ($21 to $25) a month.1985 April 29, Daniel Southerl, “Saturday Night Fever in Peking”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27...
  • Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household.1998, Dru C. Gladney, “Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China”, in Robert...
  • In Pinggu, a suburb of Beijing, residents were told that they would receive 50-yuan ($7.60) prizes in cash or merchandise once they had been fully vaccinated.2021 April 5, Lily Kuo, Lyric Li, “China’s covid vaccine drive is lagging. Free food could help turn things around.”, in The Washington...
  • The popular Chinese coffee chain rolled out the so-called “sauce-flavored latte” with a jolt of liquor for 38 yuan ($5.20) on Monday.2023 September 4, Berry Wang, Michelle Toh, “Moutai coffee, anyone? Luckin is adding the fiery liquor to its lattes”, in CNN Business...

All 11 example sentences with yuan

Synonyms of yuan

Forms of yuan

Noun
pluralyuan
pluralyuans
alternative formyüan
Proper noun
alternative formYüan

Plural of yuan: yuan or yuans

Origin of yuan

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).

Words formed from yuan

  • Control Yuan
  • Examination Yuan
  • Executive Yuan
  • Judical Yuan
  • Legislative Yuan

Phrases with yuan

Words that rhyme with yuan

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Questions about yuan

What does yuan mean?
Yuan means the basic unit of money in China.
What is yuan in Hindi?
Yuan in Hindi is युआन (yuān). See Yuan meaning in Hindi.
How do you use yuan in a sentence?
A ticket to these Saturday and Sunday night dances costs 15 yuan, or $5.35, which is a lot when one considers that the average Peking worker makes 60 to 70 yuan ($21 to $25) a month.
What part of speech is yuan?
Yuan can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce yuan?
Yuan is pronounced /ˌjuːˈæn/ (UK).
What is the plural of yuan?
The plural of yuan is yuan.

Words near yuan in the dictionary

  1. yu toy
  2. Yu'an
  3. Yu'pik
  4. Yu-tien
  5. YU.
  6. yuan
  7. Yuan dynasty
  8. Yuan River
  9. Yuan Tan
  10. Yuan'an
  11. Yuanan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yuan (page history and authors); Yuan (page history and authors); yuan (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuan (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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