different between yuan vs duan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yuán), from ??? (yuán, “circle > round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Compare Japanese ?(??) (en), Korean ? (?, won). Doublet of yen and won.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /j????n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ju??n/, /?ju?n/

Noun

yuan (plural yuan or yuans)

1. The basic unit of money in China.

Synonyms

• kuai, kwai (informal)

Translations

See also

• renminbi
• CNY
• RMB

Anagrams

• Aynu, anyu

French

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yuán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?an/, /?an/

Noun

yuan m (plural yuans)

1. yuan (Chinese currency)

Further reading

• “yuan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Mandarin

Romanization

yuan

1. nonstandard spelling of yu?n
2. nonstandard spelling of yuán
3. nonstandard spelling of yu?n
4. nonstandard spelling of yuàn

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

yuan m (definite singular yuanen, indefinite plural yuanar, definite plural yuanane)

1. (numismatics) currency used in China (since 1971)

References

• “yuan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• iuane

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yuán).

Noun

yuan m (plural yuans)

1. yuan (currency unit of China)

Spanish

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yuán).

Pronunciation

Noun

yuan m (plural yuanes)

1. yuan

English

Etymology

From Goidelic (Irish and Scottish).

Noun

duan (plural duans)

1. A division of a poem corresponding to a canto.
2. A poem or song.

Anagrams

• Danu, Duna, Düna

Albanian

Verb

duan

1. third-person plural present indicative of dua

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

duan

1. accusative singular of dua

Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *d?ewg?-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

duan m (genitive singular duain, nominative plural duanta)

1. poem
2. song

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "duan" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Mandarin

Romanization

duan

1. Nonstandard spelling of du?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of du?n.
3. Nonstandard spelling of duàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old Frisian

Verb

du?n

1. Alternative spelling of dw?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *d?ewg?-.

Noun

duan m (genitive singular duain, plural duain)

1. poem
2. song

Synonyms

• dàn, òran