元寶

元宝
yuánbǎo
  1. a silver or gold ingot
  2. mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship)
  3. a name for ancient currency
  4. a rare genius

CEDICT

  1. (historical, numismatics) sycee; yuanbao (various gold and silver ingots used as currency in imperial China)
  2. imitation sycee burnt as an offering as part of ancestral veneration (for Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival)
  3. sycee; yuanbao (various gold and silver ingots used as currency in imperial China)

Wiktionary

  1. 重五十兩的銀錠。
  2. 我國古代上鑄有「元寶」字樣的錢。最早見於五代後晉高祖於天福年間所鑄的「天福元寶」，元代世祖又以庫銀為元寶。後都泛指形似馬蹄的銀錠。

重編國語辭典

  1. 古代東亞鑄成馬蹄形的金錠或銀錠，以銀錠為主，常用作貨幣流通
  2. 指紙錢一類的迷信用品
  3. 用錫箔紙摺成元寶形狀的紙錢

維基詞典

Homographs

元寶 Yuánbǎo Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市 Dāndōngshì, Liaoning

Entry Composition

1 元 yuán
  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
2 寶 bǎo
  1. jewel
  2. gem
  3. treasure
  4. precious

Containing this entry

元寶跳 yuánbǎotiào