【Elementary Chinese】Money and Shopping Yajie: Chinese currency is called Renminbi. It is composed of 元、角, 分. one元(yuan) equals ten角(jiao), and one角(jiao) equals10分(fen). Cam: I heard that元 is also called 块(kuai) in Chinese. For example 六块 (liu kuai). Yajie: Yes. You are right. And in colloquial Chinese, 角(jiao) is also called毛(mao). Yajie: “这个多少钱” means how much is it? 这个means this in English. 这个. Or you can say zhèige.多少means how much. 多, d-u-o, the first tone; 少,s-h-a-o, the third tone. Litera