銀行

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See also: 银行

Chinese

silver; money
 
industry; trade; business
industry; trade; business; profession
trad. (銀行) 銀 行
simp. (银行) 银 行
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Etymology

"bank"
Possibly coined in British Hong Kong; attested as early as 1854 in Chinese Serial.

Pronunciation

Note: ngan4 hong4-2 - dated.
Note:
  • ngêng5 hang5 - Jieyang;
  • nging5 hang5 - Chaoyang.

Noun

銀行

  1. bank (financial institution) (Classifier: 家; 間／间; 個／个)
    銀行出納員／银行出纳员  ―  yínháng chūnàyuán  ―  bank teller
    銀行業務／银行业务  ―  yínháng yèwù  ―  banking business
    銀行集團／银行集团  ―  yínháng jítuán  ―  banking group
    中國郵政儲蓄銀行 [MSC, trad.]
    中国邮政储蓄银行 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng Chǔxù Yínháng
    Postal Savings Bank of China
    銀行的貸款應按期償還。 [MSC, trad.]
    银行的贷款应按期偿还。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yínháng de dàikuǎn yīng ànqī chánghuán.
    Bank loans should be paid back on time.
  2. (literary, archaic) jewellery dealer

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Wutunhua: yenhang
  • → Zhuang: yinzhangz, ngaenzhangz

Japanese

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
銀 行
ぎん
Grade: 3 		こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

銀 (gin, “medium of exchange; money”) +‎ 行 (kō, “business establishment; firm”)

Pronunciation

Noun

銀(ぎん)行(こう) • (ginkō) ←ぎんかう (ginkau)? (counter 行)

  1. a bank (financial institution)

Derived terms

Terms containing "銀行"

Descendants

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
銀行

Noun

銀行 • (eunhaeng) (hangeul 은행)

  1. Hanja form? of 은행 (“bank, financial institution”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
銀行

Noun

銀行

  1. chữ Hán form of ngân hàng (“bank, financial institution”).

Zhuang

Noun

銀行

  1. Sawndip form of yinzhangz
  2. Sawndip form of ngaenzhangz
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