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) 货币 貨幣 huò bì currency / monetary / money syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 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 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 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) 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) 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 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 银两 銀兩 yín liǎng silver (as currency) syn 租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) 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) 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 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 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 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 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 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 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 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 币制 幣制 bì zhì currency system 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 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 基普 jī pǔ kip (Laotian currency) 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 外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 异国 異國 yì guó exotic / foreign syn 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about syn 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister 留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student 外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt 侨居 僑居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country syn 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 舶来品 舶來品 bó lái pǐn (old) imported goods / foreign goods syn 汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable syn 外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office 自养 自養 zì yǎng self-sustaining / economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) 外资 外資 wài zī foreign investment 