貨幣

简 货币 · 繁 貨幣
Mandarin · pinyin huò bì

Meanings

  1. currency
  2. monetary
  3. money
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貨
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幣
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货
huò · goods, commodities, products
币
bì · currency, coins, legal tender
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4–4 · huo4 bi4

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fo3 bai6

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noun

  1. (economics, finance) money (or other item used to facilitate transactions); currency (Classifier: 種/种 m)

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