HSK Currency Vocabulary List
The following vocabulary list features vocabulary words from the HSK centered around the topic of Currency. In some cases the HSK vocabulary might be a bit lacking, and we may follow it will additional vocabulary we recommend for a fuller discussion on the topic.
Additional Currency Vocabulary
These words are not on the current official HSK list, but you may find them useful for your discussions on this topic.
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 美元 | Měiyuán | American dollar | B2 |
| 英镑 | Yīngbàng | British pound | B2 |
| 欧元 | Ōuyuán | Euro | B2 |
| 人民币 | Rénmínbì | Renminbi (RMB);Chinese Yuan (CNY) | B2 |
| 港币 | Gǎngbì | Hong Kong currency/Hong Kong dollar | B2 |
| 台币 | Táibì | New Taiwan dollar | B2 |
| 日元 | Rìyuán | Japanese yen (unit of currency) | B2 |
| 韩元 | Hányuán | Won (Korean currency) | B2 |
| 卢布 | Lúbù | ruble (Russian currency) (loanword) | B2 |
| 克朗 | kèlǎng | krone (currency of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) (loanword) | B2 |
| 卢比 | lúbǐ | rupee (Indian currency) | B2 |
| 里拉 | Lǐlā | lira (former Italian etc currency) (loanword) | B2 |
| 泰铢 | Tàizhū | Thai baht | B2 |
Note that there are two different words for "tomato." This happens sometimes. In this case, you really do need to learn them both. You might be able to get away with using only one of them most of the time, though.
See also
- HSK Nouns (all HSK levels' noun lists together)
