See Yuan on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"元",
"元#Chinese"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "^元"
},
"expansion": "元 (Yuán)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Mandarin 元 (Yuán).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Yüan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Yuan",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "79 11 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 29 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 22 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 34 34",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Chinese dynasties",
"orig": "en:Chinese dynasties",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
54,
58
]
],
"ref": "[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:",
"text": "[...]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 immediately made himſelf Mafter of the Towns ſituated upon the Eaſt of the River Ya lou;[...]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368."
],
"id": "en-Yuan-en-name-3eBS2dw1",
"links": [
[
"Mongol",
"Mongol"
],
[
"dynasty",
"dynasty"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English surnames",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "32 34 34",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Chinese dynasties",
"orig": "en:Chinese dynasties",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Chinese."
],
"id": "en-Yuan-en-name-4TuPt0~5",
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌjuːˈæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yuan.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/juˈɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjuən/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "won"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːn"
}
],
"word": "Yuan"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"袁",
"袁#Chinese"
],
[
"Yuen",
"Yuen#English"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "^袁"
},
"expansion": "袁 (Yuán)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Mandarin 袁 (Yuán). Doublet of Yuen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Yüan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Yuan",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English surnames",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "32 34 34",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Chinese dynasties",
"orig": "en:Chinese dynasties",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Chinese."
],
"id": "en-Yuan-en-name-4TuPt0~51",
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌjuːˈæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yuan.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/juˈɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjuən/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "won"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːn"
}
],
"word": "Yuan"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"元",
"元#Chinese"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "zh",
"3": "元"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Chinese 元 (yuán)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Chinese 元 (yuán).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Yuan",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,-:s,-:s"
},
"expansion": "Yuan m (strong, genitive Yuan or Yuans, plural Yuan or Yuans)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,(s),(s)"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "China",
"orig": "de:China",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "Currencies",
"orig": "de:Currencies",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"yuan (basic unit of money in China)"
],
"id": "en-Yuan-de-noun-iUeXTRvw",
"links": [
[
"yuan",
"yuan"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "Renminbi"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈjuːan]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Yuan.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/De-Yuan.ogg/De-Yuan.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/De-Yuan.ogg",
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
}
],
"word": "Yuan"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Mandarin",
"English terms derived from Mandarin",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/æn",
"Rhymes:English/æn/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːn",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːn/2 syllables",
"en:Chinese dynasties"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"元",
"元#Chinese"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "^元"
},
"expansion": "元 (Yuán)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Mandarin 元 (Yuán).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Yüan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Yuan",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
54,
58
]
],
"ref": "[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:",
"text": "[...]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 immediately made himſelf Mafter of the Towns ſituated upon the Eaſt of the River Ya lou;[...]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368."
],
"links": [
[
"Mongol",
"Mongol"
],
[
"dynasty",
"dynasty"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English surnames from Chinese"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Chinese."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌjuːˈæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yuan.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/juˈɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjuən/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "won"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːn"
}
],
"word": "Yuan"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Mandarin",
"English terms derived from Mandarin",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/æn",
"Rhymes:English/æn/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːn",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːn/2 syllables",
"en:Chinese dynasties"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"袁",
"袁#Chinese"
],
[
"Yuen",
"Yuen#English"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "^袁"
},
"expansion": "袁 (Yuán)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Mandarin 袁 (Yuán). Doublet of Yuen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Yüan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Yuan",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English surnames from Chinese"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Chinese."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌjuːˈæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yuan.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yuan.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/juˈɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjuən/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "won"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːn"
}
],
"word": "Yuan"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"元",
"元#Chinese"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "zh",
"3": "元"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Chinese 元 (yuán)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Chinese 元 (yuán).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Yuan",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Yuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,-:s,-:s"
},
"expansion": "Yuan m (strong, genitive Yuan or Yuans, plural Yuan or Yuans)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,(s),(s)"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Renminbi"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German masculine nouns",
"German nouns",
"German terms borrowed from Chinese",
"German terms derived from Chinese",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"de:China",
"de:Currencies"
],
"glosses": [
"yuan (basic unit of money in China)"
],
"links": [
[
"yuan",
"yuan"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈjuːan]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Yuan.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/De-Yuan.ogg/De-Yuan.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/De-Yuan.ogg",
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
}
],
"word": "Yuan"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Yuan meaning in All languages combined (6.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.