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 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) 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn 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 分文 fēn wén a single penny / a single cent 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) 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 单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level 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 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 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 一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 单 單 dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 单身 單身 dān shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 一次性 yī cì xìng one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods) 单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor / single man syn 字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3] 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn 单人 單人 dān rén one person / single (room, bed etc) syn 一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn 一身 yī shēn whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes syn 独身 獨身 dú shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families syn 开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack syn 单一 單一 dān yī single / only / sole syn 专一 專一 zhuān yī single-minded / concentrated syn 一心一意 yī xīn yī yì concentrating one's thoughts and efforts / single-minded / bent on / intently syn 单个 單個 dān ge single / alone / individually / an odd one syn 不堪一击 不堪一擊 bù kān yī jī to be unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 一鸣惊人 一鳴驚人 yī míng jīng rén to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom) / an overnight celebrity syn 摇身一变 搖身一變 yáo shēn yī biàn to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life syn 单细胞 單細胞 dān xì bāo (of an organism) single-celled / unicellular 专心致志 專心致志 zhuān xīn zhì zhì (idiom) single-minded / fully focused syn 纹丝不动 紋絲不動 wén sī bù dòng to not move a single jot (idiom) syn 独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path 潜心 潛心 qián xīn to concentrate fully on sth / single-minded syn 寸步难行 寸步難行 cùn bù nán xíng unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation syn 一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom) / (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success syn 单项 單項 dān xiàng single-item 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 一锤定音 一錘定音 yī chuí dìng yīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision syn 一元 yī yuán (math.) single-variable / univariate 擂台赛 擂臺賽 lèi tái sài single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated) 单人床 單人床 dān rén chuáng single bed / CL:張|张[zhang1] 悉数 悉數 xī shù all / every single one / the entire sum syn 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 鸦雀无声 鴉雀無聲 yā què wú shēng lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom) / not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence syn 缺一不可 quē yī bù kě not a single one is dispensable / can't do without either syn 单方 單方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution syn 一呼百应 一呼百應 yī hū bǎi yìng a hundred answers to a single call (idiom) / to respond en masse syn 统一体 統一體 tǒng yī tǐ whole / single entity syn 旗开得胜 旗開得勝 qí kāi dé shèng lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom) / fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move syn 单击 單擊 dān jī (computing) to single-click / to click 单眼皮 單眼皮 dān yǎn pí single eyelid 