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yuan (noun)

Sense 1: The primary unit of currency in China, equal to 10 jiao or 100 fen. Symbol: ¥.

Sample Sentence: The price of the shirt is 50 yuan.

Sense 2: A unit of the primary currency of the People's Republic of China, also used in Taiwan and Singapore.

Sample Sentence: He exchanged his dollars for 100 yuan at the bank.

Sense 3: A former currency unit of the People's Republic of China, equal to 10 jiao or 1000 fen.

Sample Sentence: During the 1980s, one yuan was equivalent to 10 fen.

Sense 4: The monetary unit of North Korea, equal to 100 chon.

Sample Sentence: The cost of the meal was 5000 North Korean yuan.

Sense 5: A round disc or coin, typically made of gold or silver, used as money in imperial China.

Sample Sentence: The emperor rewarded the loyal general with a yuan made of pure gold.

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