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- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- (bound form) first; original; primary
- (bound form) basic; fundamental
- (bound form) constituent; part
- (prefix) meta-
- (math.) argument; variable
- era (of a reign)
- (Tw) (geology) eon
Trad. 元勛
- leading light
- founding father
- principal proponent
- also written 元勳|元勋
- History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
- Lantern Festival
- night of 15th of first lunar month
- see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1]
- Lantern Festival
- night of the 15th of the first lunar month
- see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]
- sticky rice dumplings
Trad. 元寶
- Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 shi4], Liaoning
Trad. 元寶
- a silver or gold ingot
- mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship)
- a name for ancient currency
- a rare genius
Trad. 狀元
- top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
- see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]
- top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]
- (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
- leading light
- first year of an emperor's reign
- first year of an era
- first year of a significant time period
- element (key component of sth)
- (chemistry) element
- (math.) element (member of a set)
Trad. 單元
- unit (forming an entity)
- element
- (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
Trad. 元長
- Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 元陽
- Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
Trad. 會元
- provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
- Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
- (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
Trad. 開元
- Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
- lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
- Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
Trad. 慶元縣
- Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3], Zhejiang
- posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)
Trad. 元好問
- Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition
Trad. 天元區
- Tianyuan, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
Trad. 元宵節
- Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
Trad. 元寶區
- Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 shi4], Liaoning
Trad. 二元論
- dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
Trad. 元氏縣
- Yuanshi, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei
Trad. 元江縣
- Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
- Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27
Trad. 趙元任
- Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
- 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
Trad. 元謀縣
- Yuanmou, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
Trad. 元長鄉
- Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 元陽縣
- Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
- 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
- Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] around modern Ningxia 寧夏|宁夏[Ning2 xia4]
Trad. 陳元光
- Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
- two-dimensional
- the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
Trad. 一元論
- monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
- New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞[Ke1 Shao4 min2] in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
Trad. 萬元戶
- household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established)
Trad. 中元節
- Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
Trad. 廣元市
- Guangyuan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
Trad. 三元區
- Sanyuan, a district of Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian
Trad. 多元論
- pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
Trad. 漢元帝
- Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭[Liu2 Shi4], (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
- additional element
- (computing) add-on
- plug-in
Trad. 開國元勛
- variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty)
- founding father
- fig. also used of company, school etc
Trad. 開國元勳
- founding figure (of a country or dynasty)
- founding father
- fig. also used of company or school etc
Trad. 元寶山區
- Yuanbaoshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市[Chi4 feng1 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
Trad. 元惡大憝
- arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
Trad. 複合元音
- diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)
Trad. 趙公元帥
- Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
Trad. 捲舌元音
- retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
Trad. 元音和諧
- vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
Trad. 五燈會元
- Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
Trad. 人民幣元
- renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
Trad. 鑭系元素
- lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧[lan2], cerium Ce58 鈰|铈[shi4], praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨[pu3], neodymium Nd60 釹|钕[nu:3], promethium Pm61 鉕|钷[po3], samarium Sm62 釤|钐[shan1], europium Eu63 銪|铕[you3], gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆[ga2], terbium Tb65 鋱|铽[te4], dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝[di1], holmium Ho67 鈥|钬[huo3], erbium Er68 鉺|铒[er3], thulium Tm69 銩|铥[diu1], ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱[yi4], lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥[lu3]
Trad. 冊府元龜
- 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
Trad. 連中三元
- (old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively
- (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
Trad. 錒系元素
- actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕[a1], thorium Th90 釷|钍[tu3], protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤[pu2], uranium U92 鈾|铀[you2], neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎[na2], plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚[bu4], americium Am95 鎇|镅[mei2], curium Cm96 鋦|锔[ju2], berkelium Bk97 錇|锫[pei2], californium Cf98 鐦|锎[kai1], einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿[ai1], fermium Fm100 鐨|镄[fei4], mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔[men2], nobelium No102 鍩|锘[nuo4], lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹[lao2]
- retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
Trad. 萬用字元
- (computing) wildcard character (Tw)
- "the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]
- abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]
- Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
Trad. 元素週期表
- periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
Trad. 元胞自動機
- cellular automaton
Trad. 元詩四大家
- the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] and 揭傒斯[Jie1 Xi1 si1]
Trad. 元語言能力
- metalinguistic ability