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renminbi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi/
  • /ˈɹən.mɪn.pi/
  • rŭn′mĭn′bē′
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH0 N M IH1 N B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yuan, RMB, CNY

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 人民幣 /人民币 (jan4 man4 bai6) — currency in China
  • Chinese Cantonese: 人仔 (jan4 zai2) — currency in China
  • Chinese: 人民幣 /人民币 (zh-min-nan) — currency in China
  • Chinese: 人頭紙 /人头纸 (lâng-thâu-choá) — currency in China
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人民幣 /人民币 (rénmínbì) — currency in China
  • Esperanto: renminbio — currency in China
  • Finnish: renminbi — currency in China
  • French: renminbi — currency in China
  • German: Renminbi — currency in China
  • Hindi: रॅन्मिन्बी (rĕnminbī) — currency in China
  • Japanese: 人民元 (jinmingen) — currency in China
  • Japanese: 人民幣 (jinminhei) — currency in China
  • Kazakh: женминби (jenminbi) — currency in China
  • Khmer: រ៉ិនមិនប៊ី (rənminbii) — currency in China
  • Korean: 런민비 (reonminbi) — currency in China
  • Korean: 인민폐 (inminpye) — currency in China
  • Malay: renminbi — currency in China
  • Marathi: रॅन्मिन्बी (rĕnminbī) — currency in China
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠣᠭᠣᠰ (arad-un ǰoɣos) — currency in China
  • Mongolian: ардын зоос — currency in China
  • Portuguese: renminbi — currency in China
  • Portuguese: renmimbi — currency in China
  • Russian: жэньминьби́ (žɛnʹminʹbí) — currency in China
  • Tibetan: མི་དམངས་ཤོག་དངུལ། (mi dmangs shog dngul) — currency in China
  • Uyghur: خەلق پۇلى (xelq puli) — currency in China
  • Vietnamese: nhân dân tệ — currency in China
  • Zhuang: yinzminzbi — currency in China