běn wèi huò bìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
local currency / our own currency / abbr. to 本幣|本币
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

本位貨幣 本位货币 [ben3 wei4 huo4 bi4] /local currency/our own currency/abbr. to 本幣|本币/

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Other forms in these source records: 本位貨幣

  • 本
    běn

    (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

  • 位
    wèi

    position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential

  • 货
    huò

    goods / money / commodity / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 币
    bì

    money / coins / currency / silk

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.