Yuan

//juˈɑn//

"Yuan" in a Sentence (19 examples)

In the midst of the dollar falling hard against the Yen and other major Eastern currencies the Chinese Yuan, with China effectively taking a 'dollar peg' policy, has become cheap.

This time I hadn't converted my money yet, so I needed to change Yen into Yuan.

Our pilaf is four yuan.

The pilaf with meat is eight yuan. The vegetarian pilaf is only four yuan.

Twenty dollars are one hundred and forty yuan.

How do you do business with 300 yuan?

Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty in 1271.

"30 Yuan is far too expensive for that little room", he thought.

There are many more yuan millionaires in the world than euro millionaires.

5000 yuan is a lot of money.

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Sung paused to show me some of the notes. They were in issues of five yuan (a Chinese dollar, equal at this time to a little less than one American dollar), one yuan, twenty and ten cent denominations.

The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.

A ticket to these Saturday and Sunday night dances costs 15 yuan, or $5.35, which is a lot when one considers that the average Peking worker makes 60 to 70 yuan ($21 to $25) a month.

Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206).

The provincial government has designated thirty-four counties in Henan as officially impoverished (pinkun xian) according to the provincial criterion: an average annual per capita income below 500 yuan and total household assets valued at less than 8,000 yuan, based on 1990 prices.

In Pinggu, a suburb of Beijing, residents were told that they would receive 50-yuan ($7.60) prizes in cash or merchandise once they had been fully vaccinated.

The popular Chinese coffee chain rolled out the so-called “sauce-flavored latte” with a jolt of liquor for 38 yuan ($5.20) on Monday. Customers who order with an online coupon will be able to receive 50% off for a limited time, it said.

The drink is priced at 68 yuan ($9.45), according to the app.

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