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renminbi|rɛnminbi|
Also jenminpi, renminpi, Renminbi.
[Chinese rénmínbi, f. rénmín people + bi currency.]
a. The name of the currency introduced in China in 1948.
b. Occas. used for yuan, the basic unit of this currency.
1957Encycl. Brit. V. 546 B/1 In 1953 the official currency was the jenminpi or People's bank note on the mainland. 1971[see jiao]. 1973Times 21 Mar. (China Trade Suppl.) p. iii/6 The basic unit of renminbi—which is abbreviated to RMB—is the yuan. 1974China Reconstructs July 14/3 The Chinese currency, the Renminbi, is stable. 1975Ann. Reg. 1974 320 More than 60 countries were already using the Chinese renminpi as the trading currency with China. 1979Fortune 21 May 110/2 Its young tellers..eagerly explain to a visitor the tax advantages of converting his money into Chinese renminbi and keeping it in Peking. |