"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CPC, namely 鄧小平|邓小平, 陳雲|陈云, 李先念, 彭真, 楊尚昆|杨尚昆, 薄一波, 王震, and 宋任窮|宋任穷; abbr. to 八老
八位元八位元ba1 wei4 yuan2
8-bit (computing)
闭元音閉元音bi4 yuan2 yin1
close vowel
变元變元bian4 yuan2
(math.) argument; variable
不定元不定元bu4 ding4 yuan2
indeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x
蔡元培蔡元培cai4 yuan2 pei2
Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), liberal educationalist, studied in Germany, President of Peking University 1917-19, minister of education for Guomindang
册府元龟冊府元龜ce4 fu3 yuan2 gui1
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
陈元光陳元光chen2 yuan2 guang1
Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王, i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian
次元次元ci4 yuan2
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
崔永元崔永元cui1 yong3 yuan2
Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
大纪元大紀元da4 ji4 yuan2
Epoch Times, US newspaper
大纪元时报大紀元時報da4 ji4 yuan2 shi2 bao4
Epoch Times, US newspaper
大伤元气大傷元氣da4 shang1 yuan2 qi4
to ruin one's constitution
大元大一统志大元大一統誌da4 yuan2 da4 yi1 tong3 zhi4
Dayuan Dayi Tongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls
大元帅大元帥da4 yuan2 shuai4
generalissimo
单位元單位元dan1 wei4 yuan2
identity element (math.)
单元單元dan1 yuan2
unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
港元港元gang3 yuan2
Hong Kong dollar
公元公元gong1 yuan2
CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
公元前公元前gong1 yuan2 qian2
BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
广元廣元guang3 yuan2
Guangyuan prefecture level city in Sichuan
广元市廣元市guang3 yuan2 shi4
Guangyuan prefecture level city in Sichuan
国家元首國家元首guo2 jia1 yuan2 shou3
head of state
韩元韓元han2 yuan2
Won (Korean currency)
汉元帝漢元帝han4 yuan2 di4
Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭, (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
行行出状元行行出狀元hang2 hang2 chu1 zhuang4 yuan2
lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
化学元素化學元素hua4 xue2 yuan2 su4
chemical element
会元會元hui4 yuan2
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
混元混元hun4 yuan2
time immemorial; origin of the universe; the world
纪元紀元ji4 yuan2
calendar era; epoch
纪元前紀元前ji4 yuan2 qian2
before the common era (BC)
解元解元jie4 yuan2
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
金元券金元券jin1 yuan2 quan4
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
卷舌元音捲舌元音juan3 she2 yuan2 yin1
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
卷舌元音卷舌元音juan3 she2 yuan2 yin1
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
开国元勋開國元勛kai1 guo2 yuan2 xun1
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
开国元勋開國元勳kai1 guo2 yuan2 xun1
founding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also used of company or school etc
开元開元kai1 yuan2
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
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
李元昊李元昊li3 yuan2 hao4
Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏 around modern Ningxia 寧夏|宁夏
柳宗元柳宗元liu3 zong1 yuan2
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
六十四位元六十四位元liu4 shi2 si4 wei4 yuan2
64-bit (computing)
抡元掄元lun2 yuan2
to win the top award; to come first in the examination rankings
美元美元mei3 yuan2
American dollar; US dollar
缅元緬元mian3 yuan2
Burmese dollar
模块单元模塊單元mo2 kuai4 dan1 yuan2
modular unit
欧元歐元ou1 yuan2
euro (currency)
欧元区歐元區ou1 yuan2 qu1
Eurozone
千位元千位元qian1 wei4 yuan2
kilobit
轻元素輕元素qing1 yuan2 su4
light element (such as hydrogen)
庆元慶元qing4 yuan2
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
庆元县慶元縣qing4 yuan2 xian4
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
燃料元件细棒燃料元件細棒ran2 liao4 yuan2 jian4 xi4 bang4
fuel pins
人民币元人民幣元ren2 min2 bi4 yuan2
Renminbi Yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
日元日元ri4 yuan2
Japanese yen (unit of currency); also written 日圓|日圆
阮元阮元ruan3 yuan2
scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
三次元三次元san1 ci4 yuan2
three-dimensional; the real world (cf. 二次元)
三十二位元三十二位元san1 shi2 er4 wei4 yuan2
32-bit (computing)
三元醇三元醇san1 yuan2 chun2
propyl alcohol C3H7OH
三元区三元區san1 yuan2 qu1
Sanyuan district of Sanming city 三明市, Fujian
三元运算三元運算san1 yuan2 yun4 suan4
ternary operator (computing)
神经元神經元shen2 jing1 yuan2
neuron
神经元网神經元網shen2 jing1 yuan2 wang3
neural network
生物多元化生物多元化sheng1 wu4 duo1 yuan2 hua4
biodiversity
十六位元十六位元shi2 liu4 wei4 yuan2
16-bit (computing)
十亿位元十億位元shi2 yi4 wei4 yuan2
gigabit
双元音雙元音shuang1 yuan2 yin1
diphthong
四元数四元數si4 yuan2 shu4
quaternion (math)
天元区天元區tian1 yuan2 qu1
Tianyuan district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市, Hunan
万元户萬元戶wan4 yuan2 hu4
household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established)
微量元素微量元素wei1 liang4 yuan2 su4
trace element (chemistry)
位元位元wei4 yuan2
bit (computing)
位元组位元組wei4 yuan2 zu3
byte (computing)
五灯会元五燈會元wu3 deng1 hui4 yuan2
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
稀土元素稀土元素xi1 tu3 yuan2 su4
rare earth element (chemistry)
稀有元素稀有元素xi1 you3 yuan2 su4
trace element (nutrition)
西元西元xi1 yuan2
Christian era; Gregorian calendar; AD (Anno Domini)
西元前西元前xi1 yuan2 qian2
BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
像元像元xiang4 yuan2
pixel (remote sensing imagery)
消元消元xiao1 yuan2
elimination (math); to eliminate one variable from equations
新纪元新紀元xin1 ji4 yuan2
New Age (movement)
新纪元新紀元xin1 ji4 yuan2
new era; new epoch
新元史新元史xin1 yuan2 shi3
New history of the Yuan Dynasty, sometimes listed as one of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Ke Shaomin 柯邵忞 in 1920
姚文元姚文元yao2 wen2 yuan2
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
一元一元yi1 yuan2
single variable (math.); univariate
一元醇一元醇yi1 yuan2 chun2
methyl alcohol CH3OH
一元复始一元復始yi1 yuan2 fu4 shi3
a new year begins (idiom)
一元论一元論yi1 yuan2 lun4
monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
银元銀元yin2 yuan2
flat silver (former coinage); also written 銀圓|银圆; silver dollar
有限单元有限單元you3 xian4 dan1 yuan2
finite element (method)
有限元有限元you3 xian4 yuan2
finite element (method)
有限元法有限元法you3 xian4 yuan2 fa3
finite element method
元坝元壩yuan2 ba4
Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
元坝区元壩區yuan2 ba4 qu1
Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
元胞自动机元胞自動機yuan2 bao1 zi4 dong4 ji1
cellular automaton
元宝元寶yuan2 bao3
Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning
元宝元寶yuan2 bao3
a silver or gold ingot; mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship); a name for ancient currency; a rare genius
元宝区元寶區yuan2 bao3 qu1
Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning
元宝山元寶山yuan2 bao3 shan1
Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
元宝山区元寶山區yuan2 bao3 shan1 qu1
Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
元长元長yuan2 chang2
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
元长乡元長鄉yuan2 chang2 xiang1
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
元朝元朝yuan2 chao2
Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
元代元代yuan2 dai4
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
元旦元旦yuan2 dan4
New Year's Day
元恶元惡yuan2 e4
arch-criminal; master criminal
元恶大憝元惡大憝yuan2 e4 da4 dui4
arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
元古代元古代yuan2 gu3 dai4
Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
元古宙元古宙yuan2 gu3 zhou4
pre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m)
元好问元好問yuan2 hao4 wen4
Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
中元节中元節zhong1 yuan2 jie2
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
中元普渡中元普渡zhong1 yuan2 pu3 du4
Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
重元素重元素zhong4 yuan2 su4
heavy element (such as uranium)
朱元璋朱元璋zhu1 yuan2 zhang1
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
状元狀元zhuang4 yuan2
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼 and 探花; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light