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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) nguơn
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋwiən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 元 (“first; former”). The monetary sense is from modern Mandarin 元 (yuán), which was artificially made into a simplified form of 圓 / 圆 (yuán, viên).
Noun
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Prefix
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- (officialese) former
- nguyên Chủ tịch nước… ― former President…
- nguyên Tổng bí thư… ― former General Secretary…
Romanization
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- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 元
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 原 (“origin”).
Adjective
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- intact or unchanged
- Tiền mày gửi vẫn còn nguyên.
- The money you sent is still all there.
- (number theory, arithmetic) integral
- phần nguyên ― the integral part of a decimal fraction
- (law) related to the plaintiff
Derived terms
[edit]- bên nguyên
- bình nguyên
- cao nguyên
- đài nguyên
- kháng nguyên
- nguyên bản
- nguyên cám
- nguyên cáo
- nguyên chất
- nguyên cớ
- nguyên do
- nguyên đơn
- nguyên hàm
- nguyên hình
- nguyên khí
- nguyên khối
- nguyên lí
- nguyên liệu
- nguyên nhân
- nguyên sinh
- nguyên sơ
- nguyên tác
- nguyên tắc
- nguyên thuỷ
- nguyên tội
- nguyên trạng
- nguyên tử
- nguyên văn
- nguyên vẹn
- phục nguyên
- số nguyên
- Tây Nguyên
- Thái Nguyên
- thảo nguyên
- trinh nguyên
- trung nguyên
- vẹn nguyên
- y nguyên
Etymology 3
[edit]Romanization
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- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 源
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Categories:
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