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  *元* | 元* | *元
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon
HSK 1
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  *块* | 块* | *块
lump; chunk; piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
HSK 1
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  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
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  *换* | 换* | *换
to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)
HSK 2
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  *银* | 银* | *银
silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency
HSK 3
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  *圆* | 圆* | *圆
circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
HSK 4
foreign (currency) exchange
HSK 4
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
money / currency
HSK 6
foreign currency
HSK 6
reasonably priced / inexpensive / to keep prices down / (currency exchange) parity
HSK 7-9
currency / monetary / money
HSK 7-9
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  *盾* | 盾* | *盾
shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
South Korean won (currency)
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  *贝* | 贝* | *贝
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
dinar (currency) (loanword)
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  *币* | 币* | *币
money / coins / currency / silk
ruble (Russian currency) (loanword)
a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
to convert (between currencies)
to drift about; to move unsteadily / (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable / (economics) (of a currency or rate etc) to float
currency / (old) exchange of goods
rupee (Indian currency) (loanword)
bank notes / paper currency / CL: 張|张
lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
Hong Kong currency / Hong Kong dollar
to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation
silver (as currency)
currency
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
value of a currency
denomination (of currency or bond)
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
escudo (Spanish and Portuguese: shield), former currency of Portugal and other countries
counterfeit currency
agio (charge for changing currency) / premium
forint (Hungarian currency) (loanword)
riel (Cambodian currency)
counterfeit currency
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  *毫* | 毫* | *毫
hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan
local currency / our own currency / abbr. for 本位貨幣|本位货币
firm and upright / strong (of currency)
krone (currency of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) (loanword)
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL: 個|个
fiat currency (abbr. for 法定貨幣|法定货币) / fabi, fiat currency issued by the 國民黨|国民党, in use 1935-1948
currency system
fractional currency (coin or note of value smaller than the country's unit of currency) / token (used instead of money for slot machines etc)
to speculate in foreign currency
to link / to peg (currency) / gang (gears) / continuously / serial verb construction
kuna (Croatian currency)
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
to change (currency) illegally / fraudulent exchange
Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation
Korean won (unit of currency)
tenge (Kazakhstan currency) (loanword)
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  *円* | 円* | *円
yen (Japanese currency) / Japanese variant of 圓|圆
currency exchange rate
Vietnamese dong (currency)
real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
digital currency
currency devaluation / to devaluate a currency
special drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF
renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
specific currency
kyat, currency of Myanmar
reserve currency
local currency / our own currency / abbr. to 本幣|本币
lek (Albanian unit of currency)
Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
colón (currency of Costa Rica and former currency of El Salvador)
illegally modified or altered currency
(of a currency, price etc) to strengthen; to be on the rise
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
ringgit (Malaysian currency unit)
lev (Bulgarian unit of currency)
single currency
kip (Laotian currency)
thaler or taler (currency of various Germanic countries in 15th-19th centuries) (loanword)
illegal currency exchange / arbitrage
Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
(loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007 / tolar, silver coin that served as the main currency of Bohemia 1520-1750
to approve use of foreign currency
digital currency (Tw)
digital currency
euro (currency)
fiat currency
demurrage charge (shipping) (currency)
Swiss franc (currency)
Ripple (digital currency)
virtual currency created by Baidu
to expect (a currency etc) to depreciate
computing power / hash rate (digital currency mining)
currency exchange
Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948


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