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KWAI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kwai mean? 

KWAI (noun)
  The noun KWAI has 1 sense:

1. the basic unit of money in Chinaplay

  Familiarity information: KWAI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KWAI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

kwai; yuan

Hypernyms ("kwai" is a kind of...):

Chinese monetary unit (the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China)

Meronyms (parts of "kwai"):

jiao (10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China)


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