| 1 | 元 | 元 | yuán | Yuan2 | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon; surname Yuan; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) | | |
| 2 | 元素 | 元素 | yuán sù | yuan2 su4 | element; element of a set; chemical element | | |
| 3 | 美元 | 美元 | měi yuán | Mei3 yuan2 | American dollar; US dollar | | |
| 4 | 公元 | 公元 | gōng yuán | gong1 yuan2 | CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini) | | |
| 5 | 公元前 | 公元前 | gōng yuán qián | gong1 yuan2 qian2 | BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ) | | |
| 6 | 单元 | 單元 | dān yuán | dan1 yuan2 | unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase | | |
| 7 | 元旦 | 元旦 | yuán dàn | Yuan2 dan4 | New Year's Day | | |
| 8 | 神经元 | 神經元 | shén jīng yuán | shen2 jing1 yuan2 | neuron | | |
| 9 | 元年 | 元年 | yuán nián | yuan2 nian2 | first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period | | |
| 10 | 化学元素 | 化學元素 | huà xué yuán sù | hua4 xue2 yuan2 su4 | chemical element | | |
| 11 | 元代 | 元代 | yuán dài | Yuan2 dai4 | the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) | | |
| 12 | 元帅 | 元帥 | yuán shuài | yuan2 shuai4 | marshal (in the army) | | |
| 13 | 元件 | 元件 | yuán jiàn | yuan2 jian4 | element; component | | |
| 14 | 状元 | 狀元 | zhuàng yuán | zhuang4 yuan2 | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼 ; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light | | |
| 15 | 元朝 | 元朝 | yuán cháo | Yuan2 chao2 | Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) | | |
| 16 | 多元 | 多元 | duō yuán | duo1 yuan2 | poly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.) | | |
| 17 | 朱元璋 | 朱元璋 | zhū yuán zhāng | Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1 | Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武 | | |
| 18 | 放射性元素 | 放射性元素 | fàng shè xìng yuán sù | fang4 she4 xing4 yuan2 su4 | radioactive element | | |
| 19 | 开元 | 開元 | kāi yuán | Kai1 yuan2 | Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity | | |
| 20 | 日元 | 日元 | rì yuán | Ri4 yuan2 | Japanese yen (unit of currency); also written 日圆 | | |
| 21 | 赵公元帅 | 趙公元帥 | zhào gōng yuán shuài | Zhao4 gong1 yuan2 shuai4 | Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | | |
| 22 | 字元集 | 字元集 | zì yuán jí | zi4 yuan2 ji2 | character set | | |
| 23 | 崔永元 | 崔永元 | cuī yǒng yuán | Cui1 Yong3 yuan2 | Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter | | |
| 24 | 次元 | 次元 | cì yuán | ci4 yuan2 | dimension (loanword, from Japanese) | | |
| 25 | 闭元音 | 閉元音 | bì yuán yīn | bi4 yuan2 yin1 | close vowel | | |