nguyên

Sino-Vietnamese word from 原/源/元 (“first; original”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋwiən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧]

nguyên

1. intact; not damaged
2. all; entire; whole

nguyên

1. (formal) former

• cố

nguyên

1. plaintiff

• đa nguyên (多元, “plural”)
• lai nguyên (來源, “source”)
• nguyên âm (元音, “vowel”)
• nguyên đơn (原單, “plaintiff”)
• nguyên tử (原子, “atom”)
• tài nguyên (財源, “resources”)
• Tây Nguyên (西原, “Central Highlands”)
• y nguyên (依原, “intact, unchanged”)