How do Chinese pronounce yuan?
The correct pronunciation of Yuan is You-wuhn. Yuan is often pronounced mistankely as you-win or you-wen.
What does yuan mean in Chinese?
Etymology, writing and pronunciation
In Standard (Mandarin) Chinese, yuán literally means a “round object” or “round coin”. During the Qing Dynasty, the yuan was a round coin made of silver. In informal contexts, the word is written with the simplified Chinese character 元, that literally means “beginning”.