nguyên

See also: Nguyen, Nguyên, and Nguyễn

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