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

surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

head of state

element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)

euro (currency)

(military) marshal; commander-in-chief

yen (currency of Japan)

CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)

unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)

upper house; senate; senior statesmen's assembly

senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran

(math.) single-variable; univariate

chief offender; main culprit

top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light

poly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.)

New Age (movement)

new era; new epoch

dimension (loanword, from Japanese)

vowel

neuron

Yuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong

see 三元區|三元区[San1 yuan2 Qu1]

(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]

see 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]

Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased

duality; dual; bipolar; binary

provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)

(Tw) (computing) bit

(remote sensing) pixel

the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

element; component

Mongol army; army of Yuan dynasty

leading light; founding father; principal proponent; also written 元勳|元勋

History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls

Lantern Festival; night of 15th of first lunar month; see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1]

see 元寶區|元宝区[Yuan2 bao3 Qu1]

a silver or gold ingot; mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship); a name for ancient currency; a rare genius

Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]; sticky rice dumplings

Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea

first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period

arch-criminal; master criminal

New Year's Day

Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy

first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)

Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); mid 14th century

variant of 原來|原来[yuan2 lai2]

see 元氏縣|元氏县[Yuan2 shi4 Xian4]