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zhuangyuan

/d͡ʒwɑːŋ.juˈæn/

zhuangyuan noun: someone who was ranked first class in the palace examination, the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination.

Noun

zhuangyuan (plural zhuangyuan)

  1. (historical) Someone who was ranked first class in the palace examination, the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination.
    • Another inscriber who not only received the jinshi degree in 1801 but was the first among the equals, or the zhuangyuan, is Gu Gao (1763-1832).1998, Ju-hsi Chou, Art at the Close of China's Empire, page 55
    • The system had been launched in the early Tang period, when the zhuangyuan had been first on the list of applicants submitted to the emperor.1996, John Lust, Chinese Popular Prints, page 291
  2. Someone who places first the in the modern gaokao college entrance examination.

Forms of zhuangyuan

pluralzhuangyuan

Origin of zhuangyuan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 狀元 /状元 (zhuàngyuán).

Questions about zhuangyuan

What does zhuangyuan mean?
Zhuangyuan means someone who was ranked first class in the palace examination, the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination.
What part of speech is zhuangyuan?
Zhuangyuan is a noun.
How do you pronounce zhuangyuan?
Zhuangyuan is pronounced /d͡ʒwɑːŋ.juˈæn/.
What is the plural of zhuangyuan?
The plural of zhuangyuan is zhuangyuan.

Words near zhuangyuan in the dictionary

  1. zhuangbility
  2. Zhuanghe
  3. Zhuanglang
  4. Zhuangs
  5. Zhuangwei
  6. zhuangyuan
  7. Zhuangzi
  8. Zhuangzian
  9. Zhuanqukou
  10. Zhubei
  11. Zhucheng

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