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元
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Definitions
- 1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- 2. first
- 3. original
- 4. primary
- 5. fundamental
- 6. constituent
- 7. part
- 8. era (of a reign)
- 9. meta- (prefix)
- 10. (math.) argument
- 11. variable
Example Sentences
1 shown這將花費約10000日 元 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 元
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
first year of an emperor's reign
before the common era (BC)
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
generalissimo
strength
heavy element (such as uranium)
tuple
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[sòng lián] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
ethyl alcohol C2H5OH
calendar era
Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
upper house
pre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m)
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
time immemorial
Eurozone
New Year's Day
additional element
pixel (remote sensing imagery)
\the Eight Great Eminent Officials\ of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng], 陳雲|陈云[chén yún], 李先念[lǐ xiān niàn], 彭真[péng zhēn], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[yáng shàng kūn], 薄一波[bó yī bō], 王震[wáng zhèn], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[sòng rèn qióng]
Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[lí shuǐ], Zhejiang
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
BCE (before the Common Era)
Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
euro (currency)
kilobit
metaverse (computing)
chemical element
32-bit (computing)
diphthong
gigabit
final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
arch-criminal
arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[dān dōng shì], Liaoning
the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[yú jí], 範梈|范梈[fàn pēng], 楊載|杨载[yáng zài] and 揭傒斯[jiē xī sī]
element
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei
modular unit
metacognition
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[kāi zhāng shèng wáng], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian
Guangyuan prefecture-level city in Sichuan
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
flat silver (former coinage)
Guangyuan prefecture-level city in Sichuan
finite element method
head of state
diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)
triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)
ternary operator (computing)
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
Epoch Times, US newspaper
integration
finite element (method)
Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭[liú shì], (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
Tianyuan district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市, Hunan
Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
first wife
Yuanmou County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[chǔ xióng yí zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
multiculturalism
neuron
16-bit (computing)
light element (such as hydrogen)
quaternion (math.)
Australian dollar
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
Yuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
two-dimensional
Sanyuan district of Sanming city 三明市[sān míng shì], Fujian
methyl alcohol CH3OH
rare earth element (chemistry)
Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
duality
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
cellular automaton
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
neural network
Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
elimination (math)
Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏[xī xià] around modern Ningxia 寧夏|宁夏[níng xià]
Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei
indeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x
Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
leading light
lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
interneuron
Mongol army
founding figure (of a country or dynasty)
close vowel
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕[ā], thorium Th90 釷|钍[tǔ], protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤[pú], uranium U92 鈾|铀[yóu], neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎[ná], plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚[bù], americium Am95 鎇|镅[méi], curium Cm96 鋦|锔[jú], berkelium Bk97 錇|锫[péi], californium Cf98 鐦|锎[kāi], einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿[āi], fermium Fm100 鐨|镄[fèi], mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔[mén], nobelium No102 鍩|锘[nuò], lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹[láo]
metalinguistic ability
Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[hóng wǔ]
marshal (in the army)
Hong Kong dollar
Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
component
a new year begins (idiom)
fuel pins
vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
metadata
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[táng xuán zōng] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
metalinguistic awareness
brightest and best
scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
CE (Common Era)
New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞[kē shào mín] in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ]
polyunsaturated fatty acid
lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧[lán], cerium Ce58 鈰|铈[shì], praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨[pǔ], neodymium Nd60 釹|钕[nu:3], promethium Pm61 鉕|钷[pǒ], samarium Sm62 釤|钐[shān], europium Eu63 銪|铕[yǒu], gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆[gá], terbium Tb65 鋱|铽[tè], dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝[dī], holmium Ho67 鈥|钬[huǒ], erbium Er68 鉺|铒[ěr], thulium Tm69 銩|铥[diū], ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱[yì], lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥[lǔ]
kyat, currency of Myanmar
Yuanmou County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[chǔ xióng yí zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
head of state
identity element (math.)
trace element (chemistry)
(spreadsheet) cell
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
element (key component of sth)
Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27
trace element (nutrition)
metalanguage
renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
three-dimensional
Lantern Festival
propyl alcohol C3H7OH
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
finite element (method)
(sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
Lantern Festival
American dollar
multiverse (cosmology)
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
apartment
deep black
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
bit (computing)
Epoch Times, US newspaper
metadata
Gregorian calendar
single variable (math.)
unit (forming an entity)
Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[guǎng yuán shì], Sichuan
senior figure
New Age (movement)
Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
fuel element
biodiversity
primordial spirit
monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán] (1162-1227)
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[guān hàn qīng], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[zhèng guāng zǔ], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[mǎ zhì yuǎn] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[bái pǔ]
character set
diversification
to ruin one's constitution
vowel
Won (Korean currency)
diversity
polyester
dried longan pulp
Japanese yen (unit of currency)
one that has achieved the way
Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[guǎng yuán shì], Sichuan
(math.) argument
64-bit (computing)
Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls
BCE (before the Common Era)
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
late Yuan and early Ming
Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[dān dōng shì], Liaoning
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[lí shuǐ], Zhejiang
pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
Bitcoin
chief offender
8-bit (computing)
to win the top award
vowel devoicing
Yuen Long town, Hong Kong Island