Yuan
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Yuan (English pronounciation: YOO-en) (TC:元 or 圓; SC:元 Pinyin yuán WG yüan) is, in Chinese, the base unit of a currency, for example, US dollar is Mei yuan (美元). However, in international context, they may refer to one of the four Chinese currencies:
- Renminbi (RMB¥, CN$)
- New Taiwan dollar
- Hong Kong dollar
- Macau pataca
Other meanings
- Yuan Dynasty (元朝), also called the Mongol Dynasty, of China
- Yuan, one of several Chinese family names; 袁, 元, 苑, 原, 源, 爰 in Mandarin; 阮, 垣, 玄 in Cantonese.
- Thai Yuan, a people of Northern Thailand
- Yuàn (院), a branch of government stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of China (now on Taiwan):
- Yuan River (沅江 or 沅水), one of the four largest rivers in Hunan, a tributary of Yangtze River.
- Northern Thai language, also known as Yuan.