HSK 5 · Money

人民币 rénmínbì “Renminbi (RMB)” in Chinese

Traditional 人民幣

What 人民币 means

  1. Renminbi (RMB)
  2. Chinese Yuan (CNY)
  3. Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)

How to say 人民币

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale人rén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale民mín2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale币bì4th tone, falling

人民币 in a sentence

  1. 这件衬衫一百块人民币。

    Zhè jiàn chènshān yì bǎi kuài rénmínbì.

    This shirt costs a hundred yuan.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 在机场可以把澳元换成人民币。

    Zài jīchǎng kěyǐ bǎ àoyuán huànchéng rénmínbì.

    At the airport you can change Australian dollars into renminbi.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 人民币 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; people

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

The character 民 (mín) with each of its parts in a different colour
民mínthe people
  • 巳part of the character
  • 戈halberd · gē
The character 币 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
币bìmoney
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 巾napkin · jīn

How to write 人民币

人 2 strokes · 民 5 strokes · 币 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

人民币 (rénmínbì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 人民币 (rénmínbì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 人民币

Words with 人

人rén · person家人jiārén · family member男人nánrén · man女人nǚrén · woman别人biéren · other people客人kèrén · guest有人yǒurén · someone人们rénmen · people大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person

Words with 民

民族mínzú · nationality农民nóngmín · farmer移民yímín · to immigrate居民jūmín · resident渔民yúmín · fisherman公民gōngmín · citizen民间mínjiān · folk民主mínzhǔ · democracy殖民地zhímíndì · colony

Words with 币

货币huòbì · currency

More words: Money & Economy

名牌míngpái · famous brand赔偿péicháng · to compensate破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt欠qiàn · to owe商品shāngpǐn · commodity商务shāngwù · business市场shìchǎng · marketplace税shuì · taxes

FAQs

人民币 (rénmínbì) means “Renminbi (RMB)” or “Chinese Yuan (CNY)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it rénmínbì: rén with a 2nd tone, then mín with a 2nd tone, then bì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 人民币 is written 人民幣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renminbi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 人民币 from the suggestions. Typing renminbi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
人民币 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.