yuan

noun, plural yu·an.

1. Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
2. a paper money, brass or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the People’s Republic of China, equal to 10 jiao or 100 fen.

noun (sometimes lowercase)

1. (in the Republic of China) a department of government; council.

noun

1. the Mongol dynasty in China, 1260–1368, founded by Kublai Khan.
2. Yüen.

noun plural -an

1. the standard monetary unit of China, divided into 10 jiao and 100 fenAlso called: renminbi, renminbi yuan

noun

1. the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368

adjective

2. of or relating to the Chinese porcelain produced during the Yüan dynasty, characterized by the appearance of under-glaze blue-and-white ware

noun

1. a river in SE central China, rising in central Guizhou province and flowing northeast to Lake Tungting. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)

Chinese unit of currency introduced 1914, from Chinese yuan “round, round object, circle.”