How to Use yuan in a Sentence

yuan

noun
  • The firm has been raising the yuan fund since last year, per the report.
    — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • This year the cap was raised from 1m to 5m yuan but that is still not very much.
    — The Economist, 4 Jan. 2020
  • The currency on the tech world's lips these days isn't the yen or the yuan.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2011
  • China’s yuan is about to lose its anchor—at least for a little while.
    — WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The offshore yuan advanced, while havens such as the yen and gold declined.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • In the past three months, the yuan has lost about 7% of its value against the greenback.
    — Laura He, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • The yuan is allowed to trade within a 2% band of this midpoint rate.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The formula tends to push the yuan towards the middle of the pack.
    — The Economist, 11 June 2020
  • For the first time in 16 months, one dollar bought fewer than 7 yuans.
    — Chan Ka Sing, Reuters, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In August, the yuan fell to a 16-year low against the dollar.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The pace of the yuan’s swoon through Tuesday has made some investors nervous.
    — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, 4 July 2018
  • But the offshore yuan, which trades more freely overseas, fell again on Friday.
    — Laura He, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
  • That decline has given the ruble a boost as banks don’t need to sell rubles to buy the dollar or yuan.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 6 June 2025
  • The Chinese yuan has fallen about 8% against the dollar over the last year.
    — Hugo Martin, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
  • These are all perks and symbols that China and the yuan do not have—and, perhaps, cannot get.
    — The Economist, 4 June 2020
  • The yuan doesn't trade freely like other major currencies such as the dollar and the pound.
    — Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Sooner or later, Beijing will have to deal with a yuan on the wrong side of that level.
    — Mike Bird, WSJ, 6 May 2019
  • The central bank’s move to set the Chinese yuan freer spooked the public further.
    — Lingling Wei, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The lion’s share of yuan transactions take place in Hong Kong.
    — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Changtie brought out a seven-yuan pack of Hongtashan and handed Li and me a smoke.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • This stands in stark contrast to the dollar, yuan, pound, and other forms of currency used around the globe.
    — Matthew Cochrane, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2017
  • My captain returned with a 100-yuan ticket.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • People needing dollars, euros, yen or yuan must offer more pesos to get them.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The unprecedented streak made the yuan a gainer against the dollar, even as the greenback surged.
    — Iris Ouyang, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Amounts range in the single or double digits of yuan, but even small sums, at scale, can create real revenue.
    — Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The People’s Bank may be selling dollars to strengthen the yuan.
    — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The Chinese yuan has strengthened this year, and the country’s central bank seems to be trying to slow the rise.
    — Mike Bird, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Miners can be paid more than 10,000 yuan ($1,500) a month.
    — ABC News, 23 May 2026
  • In the last twelve months, the renminbi, also known as the yuan, has gained 12% versus the dollar.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 1 June 2021
  • The offshore yuan strengthened to the highest since June 2018.
    — Sarah Ponczek, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2020

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