太元

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (太元)		太	元

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàiyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàiyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: Tài-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayyuan
    • Palladius: Тайюань (Tajjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH ngjwon

Rime
Character	太	元
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他蓋切	愚袁切
Baxter	thajH	ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/ŋʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/ŋʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/ŋiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/ŋuan/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/ŋiuɐn/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	jyun4

Proper noun

太元

1. the Taiyuan era (376 - 397), a Chinese era name from the reign of Emperor Xiaowu of Jin