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外币

wàibì

foreign currency

A bank teller exchanging foreign currency for a traveler
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Characters in this word

外 wài

Strokes
5
Radical
夕 — evening, night, dusk
Made of
夕 evening, night, dusk 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

币 bì

Strokes
4
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 币

Example phrases

  • 央行调整了外币存款准备金率,以稳定跨境资金流动的预期。 Yāngháng tiáozhěng le wàibì cúnkuǎn zhǔnbèijīn lǜ, yǐ wěndìng kuàjìng zījīn liúdòng de yùqī. The central bank adjusted the reserve requirement ratio for foreign-currency deposits to stabilise expectations about cross-border capital flows.
  • 银行每天都会公布各种外币的汇率。 Yínháng měitiān dōu huì gōngbù gè zhǒng wàibì de huìlǜ. Banks publish the exchange rates of various foreign currencies every day.
  • 去国外旅行前,他先换了一些外币。 Qù guówài lǚxíng qián, tā xiān huàn le yīxiē wàibì. Before traveling abroad, he first exchanged some foreign currency.

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