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nguyên

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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  • (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) nguơn

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    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

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    nguyên

    1. yuan

    Prefix

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    nguyên

    1. (officialese) former
      nguyên Chủ tịch nước…former President…
      nguyên Tổng bí thư…former General Secretary…

    Romanization

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    nguyên

    1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of

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    Etymology 2

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      Sino-Vietnamese word from (origin).

      Adjective

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      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
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      Etymology 3

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      Doublet of nguồn.

      Romanization

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      nguyên

      1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
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      See also

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