美元

měiyuán
American dollar; US dollar

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 美 měi
  1. beautiful
  2. very satisfactory; good
  3. to beautify
  4. to be pleased with oneself
2 元 yuán
  1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
  2. (bound form) first; original; primary
  3. (bound form) basic; fundamental
  4. (bound form) constituent; part
  5. (prefix) meta-
  6. (math.) argument; variable
  7. era (of a reign)
  8. (Tw) (geology) eon