Yuan

Yu·an  (yän, ywän)

A Chinese dynasty (1279-1368) established by the Mongolian ruler Kublai Khan at present-day Beijing. It was superseded by the Ming dynasty.

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[Chinese (Mandarin) Yuán, after the phrase dà zi qián yuán, how large the heaven is, from yuán, primary, first.]

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yu·an  (y-än, yüän)

n. pl. yuan or yu·ans

See Table at currency.

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[Chinese (Mandarin) yuán, dollar.]

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yuan

Noun

pl -an the standard monetary unit of the People's Republic of China [Chinese yüan round object]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yuan - the basic unit of money in China     kwai Chinese monetary unit - the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China jiao - 10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China
	2.	Yuan - the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 Mongol dynasty, Yuan dynasty dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

Translations

yuan

n yuan [juˈӕn]

the standard unit of currency in the People's Republic of China. yuan وِحْدَة النَّقْد في جمهوريَّة الصّين الشَّعْبِيَّه юан juan (jednotka čínské měny) yuan der Yuan γιουάν (το νόμισμα της Κίνας) yuan jüaan یوآن yuan yuan יוּאָן चीन का मुद्रा juan juan (kínai pénzegység) yuan yuan yuan 元 유안(중국의 화폐 단위) juanis juaņa yuan yuan juan yuan юань juan juan juan yuan ชื่อเงินสกุลของจีน Çin para birimi, yuan (人民幣)圓 юань چین کا معیاری سکّہ nhân dân tệ (tiền tệ Trung Quốc) （人民币）圆