Is it CNY or RMB?
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CNY is Chinese Yuan
RMB is Ren Min Bi. literally, the people's currency.
Both are correct. Yuan refers to the unit of currency and RMB refers to the time when there was a dual currency here, also the FEC, Foreign exchange certificate. (The currency, RMB, is still not freely convertable)
In spoken Chinese, people will say that something costs 10 yuan or more likely 10 KUAI. (Kuai is like saying bucks instead of dollars). In writing, Yuan is used, but in spoken almost always KUAI.
You won't see CNY unless pricing online or at the bank.
RMB is Ren Min Bi. literally, the people's currency.
Both are correct. Yuan refers to the unit of currency and RMB refers to the time when there was a dual currency here, also the FEC, Foreign exchange certificate. (The currency, RMB, is still not freely convertable)
In spoken Chinese, people will say that something costs 10 yuan or more likely 10 KUAI. (Kuai is like saying bucks instead of dollars). In writing, Yuan is used, but in spoken almost always KUAI.
You won't see CNY unless pricing online or at the bank.
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Bchen is correct, the spoken version in China is almost always kuai (even in Taiwan where a different currency exists, you'd still refer to it as kuai if you're a Mandarin speaker). CNY and RMB both refer to the currency of mainland China with CNY the designation used by currency traders. I don't know where yuan would be pronounced 'won' either.
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"Kuai" means piece. For "10 bucks", one's supposed to say something like "shi kuai qian", which means "10 piece money". But people just say "shi kuai" in short.
In Cantonese, there are even more ways to say "10 bucks". "Sup mun", "Sup pei", and if there are cents after, we say "Sup gor" something... What you'll never hear people say is "Sup yuan", though that's how it's written.
In Cantonese, there are even more ways to say "10 bucks". "Sup mun", "Sup pei", and if there are cents after, we say "Sup gor" something... What you'll never hear people say is "Sup yuan", though that's how it's written.
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