plural yuan
1
: the basic monetary unit of the People's Republic of China see Money Table compare renminbi
2
: the dollar of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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In one example disclosed by Xinhua, a consumer paid 252 yuan ($35) for a six-inch cake, but the order was quietly resold through an intermediary platform where vendors bid 100, 90 and 80 yuan to fulfill it, with the lowest bidder winning.
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John Liu, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Adding operator wages, maintenance, and quality control brings total real-world data collection costs to about 300 yuan per hour per robot.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Future Capital, whose early investments included EV company Li Auto, recently announced that another of its portfolio companies, sports robot company Pongbot, had raised almost 200 million yuan in less than six months.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
The standard version starts at 10999 yuan (about $1,613) for 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage, or 11,999 yuan (about $1,800) for 512GB of storage.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2026
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John Liu, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Adding operator wages, maintenance, and quality control brings total real-world data collection costs to about 300 yuan per hour per robot.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Future Capital, whose early investments included EV company Li Auto, recently announced that another of its portfolio companies, sports robot company Pongbot, had raised almost 200 million yuan in less than six months.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
The standard version starts at 10999 yuan (about $1,613) for 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage, or 11,999 yuan (about $1,800) for 512GB of storage.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Yuan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuan. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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Yuan
geographical name
Yu·an
ˈywen 
ˈywän
1
river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeast central China flowing from Guizhou northeast to northeastern Hunan
2
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