The yuan is the unit of money that is used in the People's Republic of China.
For most events, tickets cost one, two or three yuan.
The yuan is also used to refer to the Chinese currency system.
The yuan recovered a little; it now hovers around 8.2 to the dollar.
yuan in British English
(ˈjuːˈæn)
nounWord forms: plural-an
the standard monetary unit of China, divided into 10 jiao and 100 fen
Also called: renminbi, renminbi yuan
Word origin
from Chinese yüan round object; see yen1
Yuan in British English1
(ˈjuːˈæn)
noun
1.
the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368
adjective
2.
of or relating to the Chinese porcelain produced during the Yuan dynasty, characterized by the appearance of under-glaze blue-and-white ware
Yuan in British English2
(ˈjuːˈæn) or Yüen (ˈjuːˈɛn)
noun
a river in SE central China, rising in central Guizhou province and flowing northeast to Lake Tungting. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)
Yuan in American English
(juˈɑn)
1.
river in SE China flowing from Guizhou province through Hunan into Dongting Hu: c. 550 mi (885 km)
2. Chinese
the Red River (in Asia)
yuan in American English
(juˈɑn)
noun
the basic monetary unit of China
Word origin
Mandarin yüan, lit., round
Examples of 'yuan' in a sentence
yuan
This will allow them to deal in foreign currency and yuan business and to take deposits from people.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Fears over the weaker yuan and Chinese growth continued to weigh on sentiment.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He sees a 7% appreciation of the yuan against the dollar.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Beyond the dollar and the euro is the Chinese yuan.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Forget about the dollar, the yuan or the pound.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Key retailers now let visitors pay in the Chinese currency yuan.
The Sun (2012)
All that changed in a matter of minutes when the central bank changed its daily currency fixing regime to allow the yuan more flexibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Long queues and waiting lists appeared at his clinic where an appointment with the master could cost 1,800 yuan.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Beijing pegged the yuan to the dollar in 2008 as an antidote to the chaos of the financial crisis.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The Chinese yuan is clearly undervalued.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
China's local government owes 10.7 trillion yuan and is in need of liquidity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
When it comes, arranging Chinese debt issues and running yuan currency swaps will be big business.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
For two years the Chinese have pegged the yuan to the Dollar.
The Sun (2010)
Traders said that Beijing was allowing the yuan to strengthen also to combat signs of rising inflation by reducing the price of imports and boosting domestic consumption.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He said that it was in Beijing's clear interest to allow the yuan to strengthen on foreign exchanges.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These are the Games of billions - the people in the country staging them and the yuan they cost to do so.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Frankfurt is preparing to launch a direct challenge to London in the race to become a base for offshore trading in the Chinese yuan.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The US has been stepping up pressure on China to allow the yuan to strengthen more quickly.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So we might refer to something costing 4,000 yuan but to the appreciation of the renminbi, although by all accounts not any time soon.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
All related terms of 'yuan'
Yuan Tan
an annual Chinese festival marking the Chinese New Year. It can last over three days and includes the exchange of gifts , firework displays , and dancing
Ch'ing-yüan
a city in NE China , in N Hebei province . Pop: 810 000 (2005 est)
Yuan Shi Kai
1859–1916, Chinese general and statesman : first president (1912–16) of the Chinese republic
Taiyuan
a city in N China , capital of Shanxi : founded before 450 ad ; an industrial centre, surrounded by China's largest reserves of high-grade bituminous coal . Pop: 2 516 000 (2005 est)
renminbi
in the People's Republic of China , money or currency