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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
分 fēn	分 \| 分* \| *分	to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)	HSK 1


元 yuán	元 \| 元* \| *元	currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon	HSK 1


远 yuǎn	远 \| 远* \| *远	far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)	遠 HSK 1


毛 máo	毛 \| 毛* \| *毛	hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分)	HSK 1


角 jiǎo	角 \| 角* \| *角	angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL: 個｜个	HSK 2


米 mǐ	米 \| 米* \| *米	uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan	HSK 2


院 yuàn	院 \| 院* \| *院	courtyard / institution / CL: 個｜个	HSK 2


员 yuán	员 \| 员* \| *员	(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals	員 HSK 3


人民币 rénmínbì	人民币 \| 人民币* \| *人民币	Renminbi (RMB) / Chinese Yuan (CNY)	人民幣 HSK 3


圆 yuán	圆 \| 圆* \| *圆	circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)	圓 HSK 4


愿 yuàn	愿 \| 愿* \| *愿	(bound form) wish; hope; desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen); may ... / vow; pledge	願 HSK 5


怨 yuàn	怨 \| 怨* \| *怨	to blame / (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge	HSK 5


愿 yuàn	愿 \| 愿* \| *愿	honest and prudent / variant of 願｜愿	HSK 5


园 yuán	园 \| 园* \| *园	land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園｜园, such as a botanical garden 植物園｜植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園｜幼儿园 etc	園 HSK 6


原 yuán	原 \| 原* \| *原	former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source	HSK 6


烟花 yānhuā	烟花 \| 烟花* \| *烟花	fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)	煙花 HSK 6


国会 Guóhuì	国会 \| 国会* \| *国会	Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) / Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)	國會 HSK 6


钞票 chāopiào	钞票 \| 钞票* \| *钞票	paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL: 張｜张, 紮｜扎	鈔票 HSK 7-9


冤 yuān	冤 \| 冤* \| *冤	injustice / grievance / wrong	HSK 7-9


冤 yuān	冤 \| 冤* \| *冤	old variant of 冤	寃 HSK 7-9


园 Yuán	园 \| 园* \| *园	surname Yuan	園


猿 yuán	猿 \| 猿* \| *猿	ape


爰 Yuán	爰 \| 爰* \| *爰	surname Yuan


爰 yuán	爰 \| 爰* \| *爰	therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money


元 Yuán	元 \| 元* \| *元	surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)


原 Yuán	原 \| 原* \| *原	surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara


源 yuán	源 \| 源* \| *源	root / source / origin


远 yuàn	远 \| 远* \| *远	to distance oneself from (classical)	遠


援 yuán	援 \| 援* \| *援	to help / to assist / to aid


缘 yuán	缘 \| 缘* \| *缘	cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along	緣


大头 dàtóu	大头 \| 大头* \| *大头	big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱｜袁世凯 on the obverse side	大頭


元朝 Yuáncháo	元朝 \| 元朝* \| *元朝	Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)


大洋 dàyáng	大洋 \| 大洋* \| *大洋	ocean / (old) silver dollar / (slang) Chinese yuan


渊 yuān	渊 \| 渊* \| *渊	deep pool / deep / profound	淵


猿 yuán	猿 \| 猿* \| *猿	variant of 猿	猨


猿 yuán	猿 \| 猿* \| *猿	variant of 猿	蝯


袁 Yuán	袁 \| 袁* \| *袁	surname Yuan


袁 yuán	袁 \| 袁* \| *袁	long robe (old)


毫 háo	毫 \| 毫* \| *毫	hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan


元代 Yuándài	元代 \| 元代* \| *元代	the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)


杂剧 zájù	杂剧 \| 杂剧* \| *杂剧	a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy	雜劇


屈原 Qū Yuán	屈原 \| 屈原* \| *屈原	Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷｜离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞


大都 Dàdū	大都 \| 大都* \| *大都	Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing


媛 yuán	媛 \| 媛* \| *媛	used in 嬋媛｜婵媛


媛 yuàn	媛 \| 媛* \| *媛	(bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced [yuan2]) / Taiwan pr. [yuan2]


沅 Yuán	沅 \| 沅* \| *沅	Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan


塬 yuán	塬 \| 塬* \| *塬	plateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黃土高原｜黄土高原


南苑 Nányuàn	南苑 \| 南苑* \| *南苑	Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing


离骚 Lí Sāo	离骚 \| 离骚* \| *离骚	On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭｜楚辞	離騷


昆曲 Kūnqǔ	昆曲 \| 昆曲* \| *昆曲	Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times	崑曲


掾 yuàn	掾 \| 掾* \| *掾	official


苑 Yuàn	苑 \| 苑* \| *苑	surname Yuan


苑 yuàn	苑 \| 苑* \| *苑	(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc)


鸢 yuān	鸢 \| 鸢* \| *鸢	kite (small hawk)	鳶


瑗 yuàn	瑗 \| 瑗* \| *瑗	large jade ring


元曲 Yuánqǔ	元曲 \| 元曲* \| *元曲	Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy


轩辕 Xuān Yuán	轩辕 \| 轩辕* \| *轩辕	Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝｜黄帝	軒轅


远安 Yuǎn'ān	远安 \| 远安* \| *远安	Yuan'an county in Yichang 宜昌, Hubei	遠安


裕安 Yù'ān	裕安 \| 裕安* \| *裕安	Yu'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui


楔子 xiēzi	楔子 \| 楔子* \| *楔子	wedge / peg / stopper / prologue (in some modern novels) / prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama


芫 yuán	芫 \| 芫* \| *芫	lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine


土司 tǔsī	土司 \| 土司* \| *土司	sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties


嫄 yuán	嫄 \| 嫄* \| *嫄	name of an empress


螈 yuán	螈 \| 螈* \| *螈	salamander / newt


立法院 Lìfǎyuàn	立法院 \| 立法院* \| *立法院	Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China


辕 yuán	辕 \| 辕* \| *辕	shafts of cart / yamen	轅


鸳 yuān	鸳 \| 鸳* \| *鸳	mandarin duck	鴛


橼 yuán	橼 \| 橼* \| *橼	used in 枸櫞｜枸橼 and 香櫞｜香橼	櫞


文宗 Wénzōng	文宗 \| 文宗* \| *文宗	Wenzong Emperor, reign name of Yuan Dynasty emperor Tugh Temür (1304-1332), reigned 1328-1332


圜 yuán	圜 \| 圜* \| *圜	circle / round


忽必烈 Hūbìliè	忽必烈 \| 忽必烈* \| *忽必烈	Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294


夗 yuàn	夗 \| 夗* \| *夗	to turn over when asleep


湲 yuán	湲 \| 湲* \| *湲	rushing (water)


话本 huàběn	话本 \| 话本* \| *话本	Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories	話本


托克托 Tuōkètuō	托克托 \| 托克托* \| *托克托	Togtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia / alternative spelling of 脫脫｜脱脱, Yuan dynasty politician Toktoghan (1314-1355)


元史 Yuánshǐ	元史 \| 元史* \| *元史	History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Song Lian 宋濂 in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls


散曲 sǎnqǔ	散曲 \| 散曲* \| *散曲	verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing


评话 pínghuà	评话 \| 评话* \| *评话	storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary	評話


惌 yuān	惌 \| 惌* \| *惌	to bear a grudge against


洒家 sǎjiā	洒家 \| 洒家* \| *洒家	(archaic) I; me (used by males during the Song and Yuan dynasties)


鼋 yuán	鼋 \| 鼋* \| *鼋	sea turtle	黿


平话 pínghuà	平话 \| 平话* \| *平话	storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary	平話


鹓 yuān	鹓 \| 鹓* \| *鹓	firebird (mythology)	鵷


羱 yuán	羱 \| 羱* \| *羱	large-horned wild goat


箢 yuān	箢 \| 箢* \| *箢	used in 箢箕 and 箢篼 / Taiwan pr. [wan3]


邧 yuán	邧 \| 邧* \| *邧	place name


眢 yuān	眢 \| 眢* \| *眢	inflamed eyelids / parched


蜎 Yuān	蜎 \| 蜎* \| *蜎	surname Yuan


蜎 yuān	蜎 \| 蜎* \| *蜎	larva of mosquito


蝝 yuán	蝝 \| 蝝* \| *蝝	locust larva without wings


笎 yuán	笎 \| 笎* \| *笎	bamboo with black patches


肙 yuān	肙 \| 肙* \| *肙	a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty


棩 yuān	棩 \| 棩* \| *棩	crooked (tree)


猭 yuán	猭 \| 猭* \| *猭	ape / Hylobates agilis


魭 yuán	魭 \| 魭* \| *魭	old variant of 黿｜鼋


角票 jiǎopiào	角票 \| 角票* \| *角票	banknote in Jiao units (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)


沅江九肋 Yuánjiāngjiǔlèi	沅江九肋 \| 沅江九肋* \| *沅江九肋	rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river


糺 jiǔ	糺 \| 糺* \| *糺	army (used during the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties)


辽史 Liáoshǐ	辽史 \| 辽史* \| *辽史	History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫｜脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元, 116 scrolls	遼史


囦 yuān	囦 \| 囦* \| *囦	old variant of 淵｜渊

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