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== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) nguơn === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋwiən˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧] === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== nguyên yuan ==== Prefix ==== nguyên (officialese) former nguyên Chủ tịch nước… ― former President… nguyên Tổng bí thư… ― former General Secretary… ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 2 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 原 (“origin”). ==== Adjective ==== nguyên intact or unchanged (number theory, arithmetic) integral phần nguyên ― the integral part of a decimal fraction (law) related to the plaintiff ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Doublet of nguồn. ==== Romanization ==== nguyên Sino-Vietnamese reading of 源 ===== Derived terms ===== === See also === cố cựu