元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn 金钱 金錢 jīn qián money / currency syn 拉里 lā lǐ lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword) 欧元 歐元 ōu yuán euro (currency) 音响 音響 yīn xiǎng sound / acoustics / audio / hi-fi system / stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3he2 yin1xiang3]) syn 货币 貨幣 huò bì currency / monetary / money syn 日元 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆[Ri4 yuan2] 卢比 盧比 lú bǐ rupee (Indian currency) (loanword) 克朗 kè lǎng krone (currency of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) (loanword) 韩元 韓元 hán yuán South Korean won (currency) 卢布 盧布 lú bù ruble (Russian currency) (loanword) 纸币 紙幣 zhǐ bì bank notes / paper currency / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 坚挺 堅挺 jiān tǐng firm and upright / strong (of currency) syn 伪钞 偽鈔 wěi chāo counterfeit currency 外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange 换算 換算 huàn suàn to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation syn 面额 面額 miàn é denomination (of currency or bond) 外币 外幣 wài bì foreign currency 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 福林 fú lín forint (Hungarian currency) (loanword) 平价 平價 píng jià reasonably priced / inexpensive / to keep prices down / (currency exchange) parity 瑞尔 瑞爾 ruì ěr riel (Cambodian currency) 第纳尔 第納爾 dì nà ěr dinar (currency) (loanword) 币值 幣值 bì zhí value of a currency 通货 通貨 tōng huò currency / (old) exchange of goods syn 银两 銀兩 yín liǎng silver (as currency) syn 港币 港幣 gǎng bì Hong Kong currency / Hong Kong dollar 雷亚尔 雷亞爾 léi yà ěr real (Brazilian currency) (loanword) 小灵通 小靈通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" 日圆 日圓 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL:個|个[ge4] 元宝 元寶 yuán bǎo a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius syn 管理信息系统 管理信息系統 guǎn lǐ xìn xī xì tǒng management information system / MI system 外汇市场 外匯市場 wài huì shì chǎng foreign currency market 热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit 学分制 學分制 xué fēn zhì credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc) 人民币元 人民幣元 rén mín bì yuán renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit 贴水 貼水 tiē shuǐ agio (charge for changing currency) / premium 本币 本幣 běn bì local currency / our own currency / abbr. for 本位貨幣|本位货币 炒汇 炒匯 chǎo huì to speculate in foreign currency 组合音响 組合音響 zǔ hé yīn xiǎng hi-fi system / stereo sound system / abbr. to 音響|音响[yin1 xiang3] syn 官制 guān zhì the civil service system / the bureaucratic system 块 塊 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units / lump syn 换 換 huàn to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency) syn 毛 máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) syn 圆 圓 yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn 贝 貝 bèi cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic) syn 银 銀 yín silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency syn 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn 盾 dùn shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc) syn 币 幣 bì money / coins / currency / silk syn 毫 háo hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan syn 兑换率 兌換率 duì huàn lǜ currency exchange rate 套汇 套匯 tào huì illegal currency exchange / arbitrage 法币 法幣 fǎ bì fiat currency (abbr. for 法定貨幣|法定货币[fa3ding4 huo4bi4]) / fabi, fiat currency issued by the 國民黨|国民党[Guo2min2dang3], in use 1935-1948 基普 jī pǔ kip (Laotian currency) 分封制 fēn fēng zhì the feudal system / system of enfeoffment 辅币 輔幣 fǔ bì fractional currency (coin or note of value smaller than the country's unit of currency) / token (used instead of money for slot machines etc) syn 进 進 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound syn 系统 系統 xì tǒng system / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 十 shí ten / 10 / numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5] syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 切 qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn 体 體 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn 装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn 保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 体系 體系 tǐ xì system / setup / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 盎司 àng sī ounce (British imperial system) (loanword) syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 智能 zhì néng intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc) 太阳系 太陽系 tài yáng xì solar system 价值观 價值觀 jià zhí guān system of values syn 体制 體制 tǐ zhì system / organization syn 肠胃 腸胃 cháng wèi stomach and intestine / digestive system syn 改良 gǎi liáng to improve (sth) / to reform (a system) syn 斯蒂文 sī dì wén Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe 神经系统 神經系統 shén jīng xì tǒng nervous system 轻轨 輕軌 qīng guǐ light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1xing2 gui3dao4 jiao1tong1]) 普拉提 pǔ lā tí Pilates (physical fitness system) 操作系统 操作系統 cāo zuò xì tǒng operating system 人性化 rén xìng huà (of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs / people-oriented / user-friendly 仿生 fǎng shēng to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism / bionic / biomimetic 二进制 二進制 èr jìn zhì binary system (math.) 循环系统 循環系統 xún huán xì tǒng circulatory system 人大 rén dà people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2min2 dai4biao3 da4hui4]) 消化系统 消化系統 xiāo huà xì tǒng digestive system / gastrointestinal tract 政体 政體 zhèng tǐ form of government / system of government 搭载 搭載 dā zài (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload) / (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software) 呼吸系统 呼吸系統 hū xī xì tǒng respiratory system 封建 fēng jiàn system of enfeoffment / feudalism / feudal / feudalistic syn 状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn 舰载 艦載 jiàn zài shipboard (radar system etc) / ship-based / carrier-based (aircraft) 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 公制 gōng zhì metric system syn 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 交感神经 交感神經 jiāo gǎn shén jīng sympathetic nervous system 