"renminbi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi/ Forms: renminbis [plural], renminbi [plural]
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 人民幣/人民币 (rénmínbì, “people's currency”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{uder|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|人民幣||people's currency|tr=rénmínbì}} 人民幣/人民币 (rénmínbì, “people's currency”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|renminbi}} renminbi (plural renminbis or renminbi)
  1. The official currency of the People's Republic of China. Wikipedia link: renminbi Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): China Synonyms: yuan, RMB, CNY, jenminpi (alt: Wade–Giles), renminpi Translations (currency in China): 人民幣 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 人民币 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 人頭紙 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 人头纸 (lâng-thâu-choá) [Hokkien, Taiwan, slang] (Chinese), 人民幣 (Chinese Cantonese), 人民币 (jan⁴ man⁴ bai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 人仔 (jan⁴ zai²) [slang] (Chinese Cantonese), 人民幣 (Chinese Mandarin), 人民币 (rénmínbì) (Chinese Mandarin), renminbio (Esperanto), renminbi (Finnish), renminbi [masculine] (French), Renminbi [masculine] (German), रॅन्मिन्बी (rĕnminbī) (Hindi), 人民元 (jinmingen) (alt: じんみんげん) (Japanese), женминби (jenminbi) (Kazakh), រ៉ិនមិនប៊ី (rənminbii) (Khmer), 런민비 (reonminbi) (Korean), 인민폐 (inminpye) (alt: 人民幣) (Korean), renminbi (Malay), रॅन्मिन्बी (rĕnminbī) (Marathi), renminbi [masculine] (Portuguese), renmimbi [masculine] (Portuguese), жэньминьби́ (žɛnʹminʹbí) [feminine] (Russian), nhân dân tệ (Vietnamese), yinzminzbi (Zhuang)

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