WordTaiwan frequency #24,619
元老院
ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄩㄢˋ
“ancient Roman senate; Japan's early Meiji-era advisory council modeled on an upper house”
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元
ㄩㄢˊ
The basic unit of Chinese currency; the first or beginning; origin; head; a surname; dynasty name; mathematical variable; geological eon.
老
ㄌㄠˇ
Old; aged; experienced; venerable; of long standing; prefix for elders or familiar people; outdated; tough (food); always.
院
ㄩㄢˋ
Courtyard; institution or establishment (like a hospital or school); classifier for institutions.
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- 老師ㄌㄠˇ ㄕteacher; a respectful term for someone who teaches or mentors; in imperial times, a student's formal address to an examiner
- 醫院ㄧ ㄩㄢˋhospital; a medical facility for treating and caring for patients
- 美元ㄇㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊUS dollar; the official currency of the United States; used in mainland China and Taiwan to refer to the American dollar
- 老人ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊold person; the elderly; senior citizen; long-time member or veteran of a group or organization.
- 老闆ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇboss; business owner; proprietor of a company or shop
- 多元ㄉㄨㄛ ㄩㄢˊpoly-; multi-; involving many elements, factors, or variants; multivariate (math)
- 學院ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄩㄢˋcollege; educational institute; school; faculty; a university's academic division; a scholarly or academic body
- 法院ㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋcourt of law; judicial institution that handles civil and criminal cases; in China and Taiwan, organized into levels such as supreme, high, and district courts
- 行政院ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋExecutive Yuan; the executive branch of government under the Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan); the highest administrative organ of the state.
- 立法院ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋLegislative Yuan; the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan); the highest legislative body, composed of elected members.
- 元素ㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨˋa basic component or factor of something; a chemical element; a member of a set in mathematics.
- 老婆ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊwife; one's wife (informal, colloquial).