yuanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• yüan (Wade–Giles)

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌjuːˈæn/, /ˈwæn/
• (General American) IPA: /juˈɑn/, /ˈwɑn/, /ˈjuən/

  Homophone: won

• 韻: -æn, -ɑːn

語源 1

From Mandarin 元 (yuán), from 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle > round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Compare Japanese 円(えん) (en), Korean 원(圓) (won). Doublet of yen and won.

名詞

yuan (plural yuan or yuans)

1. (numismatics) The basic unit of money in China.
   • 1940, Evans Fordyce Carlson, “Test Tube for New China”, in Twin Stars of China: A Behind-the-Scenes Story of China's Valiant Struggle For Existence By A U. S. Marine who Lived & Moved with The People‎, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 219:

     Sung paused to show me some of the notes. They were in issues of five yuan (a Chinese dollar, equal at this time to a little less than one American dollar), one yuan, twenty and ten cent denominations.

   • 1978 [1955 June 24], Yenpei Prefectural Party Committee, “A Stern Struggle Must be Waged Against Graft and Theft”, in General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, editor, Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside [中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）]‎, First edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 481:

     The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.

   • 1985 April 29, Daniel Southerl, “Saturday Night Fever in Peking”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 August 2023‎:

     A ticket to these Saturday and Sunday night dances costs 15 yuan, or $5.35, which is a lot when one considers that the average Peking worker makes 60 to 70 yuan ($21 to $25) a month.

   • 1998, Dru C. Gladney, “Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China”, in Robert W. Hefner, editor, Market Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms‎, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:

     Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206).

   • 2002, Kellee S. Tsai, “Creative Capitalists in Henan”, in Back-Alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China‎, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 185:

     The provincial government has designated thirty-four counties in Henan as officially impoverished (pinkun xian) according to the provincial criterion: an average annual per capita income below 500 yuan and total household assets valued at less than 8,000 yuan, based on 1990 prices.

   • 2021 April 5, Lily Kuo, Lyric Li, “China’s covid vaccine drive is lagging. Free food could help turn things around.”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 April 2021, Asia & Pacific‎:

     In Pinggu, a suburb of Beijing, residents were told that they would receive 50-yuan ($7.60) prizes in cash or merchandise once they had been fully vaccinated.

   • 2023 September 4, Berry Wang and Michelle Toh, “Moutai coffee, anyone? Luckin is adding the fiery liquor to its lattes”, in CNN Business‎:

     The popular Chinese coffee chain rolled out the so-called “sauce-flavored latte” with a jolt of liquor for 38 yuan ($5.20) on Monday. Customers who order with an online coupon will be able to receive 50% off for a limited time, it said.

   • 2024 February 20, Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir, “Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch”, in CNN Business‎:

     The drink is priced at 68 yuan ($9.45), according to the app.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yuan.

同意語

• kuai, kwai (informal)

参考

• renminbi
• CNY
• RMB

語源 2

From Mandarin 院 (yuàn).

名詞

yuan (plural yuan or yuans)

1. (Taiwan, politics) One of the five branches of the government of the Republic of China.

派生語

アナグラム

• Äynu, anyu

語源

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 裕安 (Yù'ān).

発音

• IPA: /ˈjuˌɑn/, /-æn/

固有名詞

Yu'an

1. A district of Lu'an, Anhui, China.
   • 2019, Huan Su, Weiquan Wu, Xiaochun Wan, Jingming Ning, “Discriminating geographical origins of green tea based on amino acid, polyphenol, and caffeine content through high‐performance liquid chromatography: Taking Lu’an guapian tea as an example”, in Food Science & Nutrition‎, volume 7, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-22, pages 2167–2168‎:

     In 2008, LAGP was awarded geographical indication by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China with the region of origin being the border areas of Jinzhai County, Yu'an District, and Huoshan County (administrative levels of district and county are equal, but with different features in city establishment in China), covering the entire city of Lu'an. However, the core region of LAGP only existed in the inner mountain not the outer. The inner mountain region covers Qishan Village, Xiang Hongdian Reservoir, Flowers Hill, and Gongdian Village in Jinzhai County; Dushan Town, Shuangfeng, Shi podian Town, and Shajia Cove in Yu'an District; and Zhufo Monastery Town in Huoshan County. The main outer mountain region includes Shi Banchong in Yu'an District's Lion Village (Fan, Xiaopei, Wang, & Han, 2017).

   • 2021 May 17, “Two more Anhui locals infected with coronavirus in flare-up”, in huaxia, editor, The Standard‎, archived from the original on 17 May 2021:

     Eastern Anhui province reported two new confirmed local infections of the coronavors disease in the first 12 hours of Sunday, the provincial health commission said, state media Xinhua reports.
     Both patients emerged in the Yu'an district of Lu'an city.

   • 2021 May 25, “China's Lu'an reports two new confirmed COVID-19 cases”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎, archived from the original on May 24, 2021:

     Health authorities in Anhui said earlier that the province's recent local transmission cases were related to a training session at a photo studio in the city's Yu'an district.

   • 2022 June 16, Lixin Zhu, “Prospects rosy for Anhui wedding dress industry”, in China Daily‎, archived from the original on 16 June 2022:

     Lu'an generally sells about 25,000 wedding dresses and other costumes each day, according to Yang Xuejun, president of Yu'an district's wedding dress industry association. He said most of the dresses are produced in Dingji township.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yu'an.

アナグラム

• Äynu, anyu