太元

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (太元)		太	元

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tàiyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tàiyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tàiyuán
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: Tài-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayyuan
  - Palladius: Тайюань (Tajjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: thajH ngjwon

Rime
Character	太	元
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他蓋切	愚袁切
Baxter	thajH	ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑi^H/	/ŋʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑi^H/	/ŋʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑi^H/	/ŋiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaj^H/	/ŋuan/
Li Rong	/tʰɑi^H/	/ŋiuɐn/
Wang Li	/tʰɑi^H/	/ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑi^H/	/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai³	jyun⁴

Proper noun

太元

the Taiyuan era (376 - 397), a Chinese era name from the reign of Emperor Xiaowu of Jin