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  2. Yuan (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Yuan (袁, Mandarin pronunciation: ⓘ) is a Chinese surname ranked 37th in China by population in 2019. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Standard Chinese , the surname is transliterated Yuán ( hanyu pinyin ) or Yüen 2 " ( Wade-Giles ).

  3. Yuan (currency) - Wikipedia

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    For the modern currency used in the People's Republic of China, see Renminbi. For the currency used in the Republic of China (Taiwan), see New Taiwan dollar. For other uses, see Yuan (disambiguation). The yuan (/ juːˈɑːn, - æn / yoo-A (H)N; sign: ¥; Chinese : 圓/元; pinyin : yuán; [ɥæ̌n] ⓘ) is the base unit of a number of former ...

  4. Renminbi - Wikipedia

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    Renminbi is the name of the currency while yuan is the name of the primary unit of the renminbi. This is analogous to the distinction between " sterling " and " pound " when discussing the official currency of the United Kingdom. [ 13 ]Jiao and fen are also units of renminbi.

  5. Chinese character sounds - Wikipedia

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    In the IOU, Zhang wrote: "Zhang borrowed money RMB 14,000 yuan from Gao, and today 还欠款 (還欠款) 4000 yuan. (meaning paid back debt 4,000 yuan (when character "还" is pronounced "huán"), or still owe a debt of 4,000 yuan (when character "还" is pronounced "hái"))." The polyphonic character "还" here later led to a lawsuit.

  6. Historical Chinese phonology - Wikipedia

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    Historical Chinese phonology deals with reconstructing the sounds of Chinese from the past. As Chinese is written with logographic characters, not alphabetic or syllabary, the methods employed in Historical Chinese phonology differ considerably from those employed in, for example, Indo-European linguistics; reconstruction is more difficult because, unlike Indo-European languages, no phonetic ...

  7. Yuan dynasty - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 September 2024. Mongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368) Great Yuan 大元 Dà Yuán (Chinese) ᠳᠠᠢ ᠦᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ Dai Ön ulus (Mongolian) 1271–1368 Yuan dynasty (c. 1290) Status Khagan -ruled division of the Mongol Empire Conquest dynasty of Imperial China Capital Khanbaliq (now Beijing ...

  8. Yuan (surname 元) - Wikipedia

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    Yuan (surname 元) Yuán is the 91st name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. The ruling family of Northern Wei changed their surname from Tuoba (拓拔) to Yuan during the Change of Xianbei names to Han names. [1] According to a 2013 study, it was the 384th-most common surname, shared by 92,000 people or 0.0069% of the population, with the ...

  9. Yuan - Wikipedia

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    Yuan (surname), the transliteration of a number of Chinese family names (e.g. 袁, 元, 苑, 原, 源, 爰, 遠) Yuan Haowen (元好問; 1190–1257), Chinese poet, author, and official. Thai Yuan, a people of Northern Thailand. Yuan language, commonly known as Northern Thai language, language of the Thai Yuan people.