1. surname Yuan
2. Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
2. (bound form) first; original; primary
3. (bound form) basic; fundamental
4. (bound form) constituent; part
5. (prefix) meta-
6. (math.) argument; variable
7. era (of a reign)
8. (Tw) (geology) eon

classifier: 枚

1. to be (followed by substantives only)
2. correct; right; true
3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

1. surname Yuan
2. Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
2. (bound form) first; original; primary
3. (bound form) basic; fundamental
4. (bound form) constituent; part
5. (prefix) meta-
6. (math.) argument; variable
7. era (of a reign)
8. (Tw) (geology) eon

classifier: 枚

1. to be (followed by substantives only)
2. correct; right; true
3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

1. to make; to produce
2. to write; to compose
3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
6. to assume (an air or manner)

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs