nguyên

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) nguơn

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋwiən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧]
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Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from (first; former). The monetary sense is from modern Mandarin (yuán), which was artificially made into a simplified form of  / (yuán, viên).

    Noun

    nguyên

    1. yuan

    Prefix

    nguyên

    1. (officialese) former
      nguyên Chủ tịch nước…former President…
      nguyên Tổng bí thư…former General Secretary…

    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Vietnamese word from (origin).

      Adjective

      nguyên

      1. intact or unchanged
        Tiền mày gửi vẫn còn nguyên.
        The money you sent is still all there.
      2. (number theory, arithmetic) integral
        phần nguyênthe integral part of a decimal fraction
      3. (law) related to the plaintiff
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

      Doublet of nguồn.

      Romanization

      nguyên

      1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
      Derived terms

      See also