English
- ancient musical instrument: surname
- surname Ruan
- ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Yuen"
- ruan, a string instrument
- small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC) located in the southeast of present-day Gansu Province
粵語
- 姓
- 一種撥弦樂器，有四條弦，音箱呈圓形；又叫做阮咸、阮琴
As a component in
Words containing 阮
- 阮咸jyun5 haam4
see 阮[ruan3]
- 大阮daai6 jyun2
daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range
- 中阮zung1 jyun2
zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range
- 阮安jyun2 on1
Nguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer of the Forbidden City
- 阮元jyun2 jyun4
scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
- 阮琴jyun2 kam4
see 阮[ruan3]
- 阮晉勇jyun2 zeon3 jung5
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016
- 阮崇武jyun2 sung4 mou5
Ruan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan
- 阮玲玉jyun2 ling4 juk6
Ruan Linyu, a Chinese early actress, 1910.4.26—1935.3.8
- 阮囊羞澀jyun5 nong4 sau1 gip3
poor; to have no money; to be in a financial crisis; to have financial difficulties