三元 sān yuán 🔊 first place in civil service… + Review this word Meanings sān yuán (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] Sān yuán name see 三元區|三元区[San1 yuan2 Qu1] Its characters 三sānthreeHSK 1元yuányuan (as written)HSK 1 Words with 三元 连中三元 lián zhòng sān yuán to rank first in the imperial… 三元区 Sān yuán Qū Sanyuan, a district of Sanming City… 三元醇 sān yuán chún triol; alcohol with three hydroxyl groups 三元音 sān yuán yīn triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)