renminbi

ren·min·bi
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/ˈɹɛn.mɪn.bi//ˈɹən.mɪn.pi/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounrenminbi (plural renminbis or renminbi)

plural renminbis · alternative jenminpi · alternative renminpi

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

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

    Synonyms: yuan, RMB, CNY

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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Origin

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

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 人民幣 /人民币, 人仔
  • 人民幣 /人民币 (jan⁴ man⁴ bai⁶)currency in China
  • 人仔 (jan⁴ zai²)currency in China
Chinese Mandarin 人民幣 /人民币
  • 人民幣 /人民币 (rénmínbì)currency in China
Esperanto renminbio
  • renminbiocurrency in China
Finnish renminbi
  • renminbicurrency in China
French renminbi
  • renminbicurrency in China
German Renminbi
  • Renminbicurrency in China
Hindi रॅन्मिन्बी
  • रॅन्मिन्बी (rĕnminbī)currency in China
Japanese 人民元, 人民幣
  • 人民元 (jinmingen)currency in China
  • 人民幣 (jinminhei)currency in China
Korean 런민비, 인민폐
  • 런민비 (reonminbi)currency in China
  • 인민폐 (inminpye)currency in China
Malay renminbi
  • renminbicurrency in China
Polish renminbi
  • renminbicurrency in China
Portuguese renminbi, renmimbi
  • renminbicurrency in China
  • renmimbicurrency in China
Russian жэньминьби́
  • жэньминьби́ (žɛnʹminʹbí)currency in China
Vietnamese nhân dân tệ
  • nhân dân tệcurrency in China
Cite this entry
APA

renminbi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renminbi

MLA

“renminbi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renminbi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renminbi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renminbi.

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