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'American yuan') in Chinese, and the euro is called Ouyuan (simplified Chinese: 欧元; traditional Chinese: 歐元; pinyin: Ōuyuán; lit. 'European yuan'). When used in English in the context of the modern foreign exchange market, the Chinese yuan (CNY) refers to the renminbi (RMB), which is the official currency used in mainland China.
Renminbi currency value is a debate affecting the Chinese currency unit, the renminbi (Chinese: 人民币 Code:CNY). The renminbi is classified as a fixed exchange rate currency "with reference to a basket of currencies ", [ 1 ] which has drawn attention from nations which have freely floated currencies and has become a source of trade friction ...
The ISO code for the renminbi is CNY, the PRC's country code (CN) plus "Y" from "yuan". [13] Hong Kong markets that trade renminbi at free-floating rates use the unofficial code CNH. This is to distinguish the rates from those fixed by Chinese central banks on the mainland. [14]
The renminbi ("people's currency") is the currency of China, denominated as the yuan, subdivided into 10 jiao or 100 fen. The renminbi is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of China. The ISO 4217 abbreviation is CNY, although also commonly abbreviated as "RMB". As of 2005, the yuan was generally considered by outside ...
Renminbi, the currency of the People's Republic of China; New Taiwan dollar, the currency of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Hong Kong dollar, the currency of Hong Kong SAR; Yuan (currency), the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies in China. Jiao (currency), 1 ⁄ 10 Yuan; Fen (currency), 1 ⁄ 100 Yuan (1 ⁄ 10 Jiao)
Yang is a former Korean currency. It is a cognate of the Chinese tael (兩; 两 pronounced "liǎng" in Mandarin). The yang was subdivided into 100 fun (푼) (pronounced "pun" but spelt with an "f" on the coins). Fun is a cognate of the Chinese word fen (分; fēn), referring to 1/100 of a Chinese yuan in modern context.
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A currency pair is the quotation of the relative value of a currency unit against the unit of another currency in the foreign exchange market.The currency that is used as the reference is called the counter currency, quote currency, or currency [1] and the currency that is quoted in relation is called the base currency or transaction currency.