plural yuan
1
: the basic monetary unit of the People's Republic of China see Money Table compare renminbi
2
: the dollar of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Last year, Alibaba pledged to invest more than 380 billion yuan, or about $53 billion, into cloud and computing infrastructure over a three-year period.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
That came after mainland Chinese authorities in September 2024 separately fined PwC 441 million yuan ($62 million) over its Evergrande audits, and said the Chinese developer had inflated its revenues by roughly $80 billion in its 2019 and 2020 financial results.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Among current offerings, the lowest standard one-day ticket costs 499 yuan or about $73 for adults.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Though the yuan is harder to trade than the pound—China has a number of capital controls—the same logic, more or less, should apply to China today.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
That came after mainland Chinese authorities in September 2024 separately fined PwC 441 million yuan ($62 million) over its Evergrande audits, and said the Chinese developer had inflated its revenues by roughly $80 billion in its 2019 and 2020 financial results.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Among current offerings, the lowest standard one-day ticket costs 499 yuan or about $73 for adults.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Though the yuan is harder to trade than the pound—China has a number of capital controls—the same logic, more or less, should apply to China today.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for yuan
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Yuan
geographical name
Yu·an
ˈywen 
ˈywän
1
river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeast central China flowing from Guizhou northeast to northeastern Hunan
2
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