¥1000 = 1000 yuan (renminbi)

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@oristarA,

Yes. It stands for 1000RMB.

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@Joe Nation,

Yuan in Chinese literally means a "round object" or "round coin". During the Qing Dynasty, the yuan was a round and silver coin.

The character for yuan has two forms—a less formal, 元, and a more formal, 圓 or 圆. The pronunciation of the two in Mandarin Chinese is the same—yuán. However, in Wu Chinese, as inherited from traditional Chinese pronunciation, 元 (nyoe) and 圓 (yoe) remain distinct phonetically. The Japanese yen was originally also written 圓, which was simplified to 円 (en) with the promulgation of the Tōyō kanji in 1946. The Korean won used to be written 圓 (won) some time after World War II and as 圜 from 1902 to 1910, but is now written as 원 (won) in Hangul exclusively, in both North and South Korea. The Hong Kong dollar, Macanese pataca and New Taiwan dollar are all written as 圓. In People's Republic of China, using '￥' as well as RMB to denote the currency is common (e.g. ￥100元 or RMB 100元).

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@contrex,

I have a question that fits here. If I was reading 1000RMB aloud in English, what would I say "Ar Em Bee " or ren min bee"

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@Joe Nation,

Joe Nation wrote:

I have a question that fits here. If I was reading 1000RMB aloud in English, what would I say "Ar Em Bee " or ren min bee"

I am not Chinese, but I found this on a Yahoo page:

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How to Say RMB

Mandarin speakers commonly say "Renminbi" when referring to their currency in Mandarin, but when using English, both native and non-native Mandarin speakers commonly refer to the Chinese currency as RMB. RMB is pronounced by saying each individual English letter (i.e. RMB) without inserting pauses between the letters.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5649488/how_to_say_yuan_and_rmb.html

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

Joe Nation wrote:

I have a question that fits here. If I was reading 1000RMB aloud in English, what would I say "Ar Em Bee " or ren min bee"

I am not Chinese, but I found this on a Yahoo page:

Quote:
How to Say RMB

Mandarin speakers commonly say "Renminbi" when referring to their currency in Mandarin, but when using English, both native and non-native Mandarin speakers commonly refer to the Chinese currency as RMB. RMB is pronounced by saying each individual English letter (i.e. RMB) without inserting pauses between the letters.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5649488/how_to_say_yuan_and_rmb.html

That's not true. We Chinese never say "Renminbi" in our daily use. We usually refer to 1000RMB as 1000 kuai (kuai stands for 块); that is, "1000yuan"(1000元） is also far more less used in China unless in written forms.

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@oristarA,

Good. But how does that sound in English?

Oristar, may I borrow 1000 RMB?

Do I say
one thousand AR EM BEE?
or
one thousand YOO AN ?

or what?

Joe(you don't have to send me the money.)Nation

PS: I interviewed yesterday with a Chinese Manufacturing Company.
Very Happy

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@Joe Nation,

Joe Nation wrote:

Good. But how does that sound in English?

Oristar, may I borrow 1000 RMB?

Do I say
one thousand AR EM BEE?
or
one thousand YOO AN ?

or what?

Joe(you don't have to send me the money.)Nation

PS: I interviewed yesterday with a Chinese Manufacturing Company.

It may depend on the one from whom you intend to borrow. A famous English learning CDROM in China published by Tsinghua University shows a dialogue between an American and a Chinese: "May I borrow 1000 kuai" is what the American says.

But if among Yankees or Brits, better use "YOO AN " or "AR EM BEE" or "renminbi" to avoid any misunderstanding, I believe.

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@oristarA,

Thanks
Joe(I got the job)Nation !!

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