how to pronounce yuan

/juˈɑːn/

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the above transcription of yuan is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

yuan is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of yuan in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… but one yuan huang tao a son of the …”

meaning of yuan

Yuan is the Chinese currency.

yuan frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word yuan occurs in english on average 5.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.