Definition of Chinese monetary unit

1. Noun. The monetary unit in the People's Republic of China.

Generic synonyms: Monetary Unit
Specialized synonyms: Kwai, Yuan, Jiao, Fen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Monetary Unit

Chinese holly
Chinese jujube
Chinese juniper
Chinese junipers
Chinese kale
Chinese lacquer tree
Chinese lantern
Chinese lantern plant
Chinese lanterns
Chinese magnolia
Chinese mantis
Chinese medicine
Chinese men
Chinese menu
Chinese menus
Chinese monetary unit (current term)
Chinese mountain cat
Chinese mountain cats
Chinese mushroom
Chinese mustard
Chinese numeral
Chinese olive
Chinese olives
Chinese overtime
Chinese paddlefish
Chinese pangolin
Chinese pangolins
Chinese parasol
Chinese parasol tree
Chinese parsley

Literary usage of Chinese monetary unit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commercial Spanish by Charles Frederick MacHale (1918)
"See su Tabasco state in southern Mexico ( N° 28 in map) tabla /. table, schedule, list; — sinóptica synoptic table tael m. tael (Chinese monetary unit). ..."

2. Words We Misspell in Business: Ten Thousand Terms, Showing Their Correct by Frank H. Vizetelly (1921)
"The word is from the Polynesian tapu, forbidden. tacks (small nails), distinguish from tax (a duty; excise). tael (a Chinese monetary unit), ..."

3. Income Disparities In China: An Oecd Perspective by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2004)
"... GLOSSARY CASS Chinese Academy of Social Sciences CNY Yuan renminbi (Chinese monetary unit) COE Collectively-owned enterprise CPC Consumption per capita ..."

4. Philippine Tariff: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of by Sereno Elisha Payne, William Howard Taft, United States War Dept (1906)
"The tael, or Chinese monetary unit, is equivalent to about 66 cents gold. So we find that it cost them ..."

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