renminbi

See also: Renminbi and rénmínbì

English

Alternative forms

• jenminpi (Wade–Giles)
• renminpi

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 人民幣／人民币 (rénmínbì, “people's currency”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi/, /ˈɹən.mɪn.pi/

Noun

renminbi (plural renminbis or renminbi)

1. The official currency of the People's Republic of China.

   Synonyms: yuan, RMB, CNY

   • 2020 March 12, “Deaths in China Surpass Toll From SARS”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 May 2020, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report their own fevers will receive 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident.
     The statement also said that people who report the fevers of others would get 500 renminbi, which raised the prospect of neighbors turning one another in. Communist Party cadres who investigate and verify such reports would receive the same amount.

Translations

currency in China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人民幣 / 人民币 (jan⁴ man⁴ bai⁶), 人仔 (yue) (jan⁴ zai²) (slang)

  Hokkien: 人民幣 / 人民币 (zh-min-nan) (jîn-bîn-pè, lîn-bîn-pè), 人頭紙 / 人头纸 (lâng-thâu-choá) (Taiwan, slang)

  Mandarin: 人民幣 / 人民币 (zh) (rénmínbì)

• Esperanto: renminbio
• Finnish: renminbi (fi)
• French: renminbi (fr) m
• German: Renminbi (de) m
• Hindi: रॅन्मिन्बी (rĕnminbī)
• Japanese: 人民元 (じんみんげん, jinmingen)
• Kazakh: женминби (jenminbi)
• Khmer: រ៉ិនមិនប៊ី (rənminbii)
• Korean: 런민비 (reonminbi), 인민폐(人民幣) (inminpye)
• Malay: renminbi
• Marathi: रॅन्मिन्बी (rĕnminbī)
• Portuguese: renminbi m, renmimbi m
• Russian: жэньминьби́ f (žɛnʹminʹbí)
• Uyghur: خەلق پۇلى (xelq puli)
• Vietnamese: nhân dân tệ
• Zhuang: yinzminzbi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛn.min.bi/

Noun

renminbi m (plural renminbis)

1. renminbi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• renmimbi

Noun

renminbi m (plural renminbis)

1. renminbi (currency unit of China)