| 释义 |
jiao|dʒaʊ|
Also chiao.
[Chinese.]
A unit of currency and coin of China.
1949Whitaker's Almanack 905/2 By Presidential Decree of August 19, 1948, the Chinese National Dollar currency..was replaced by a new currency named the Gold Yuan... The subsidiary coinage consists of fen (cents) and Chiao (tenths of a yuan). 1962R. A. G. Carson Coins 544 The coinage of Nationalist China in Formosa, issued since 1949 in various values of the chiao in aluminium and bronze. 1971Whitaker's Almanack 980 China—Renminbi or Yuan of 10 Jiao or 100 Fen. 1973Times 21 Mar. (China Trade Suppl.) p. iii/6 The subsidiary units are jiao (10 jiao = 1 yuan). |