銀行

See also: 银行

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

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.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 6gnin-ghaon
        • MiniDict: nyin去 ghaon
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3nyin-hhaan
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² ɦɑ̃⁴⁴/

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 [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    Bank loans should be paid back on time.
  2. (literary, archaic) jewellery dealer

Derived terms

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

Japanese

Etymology
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"
  • 大銀行(だいぎんこう) (daiginkō, “big bank”)
  • 一六銀行(いちろくぎんこう) (ichirokuginkō, “pawnshop”)
  • 角膜銀行(かくまくぎんこう) (kakumakuginkō, “eye bank”)
  • 仮想銀行(かそうぎんこう) (kasōginkō, “virtual bank”)
  • 為替銀行(かわせぎんこう) (kawaseginkō, “exchange bank”)
  • 眼球銀行(がんきゅうぎんこう) (gankyūginkō, “eye bank”)
  • 巨大銀行(きょだいぎんこう) (kyodaiginkō, “megabank”)
  • 血液銀行(けつえきぎんこう) (ketsuekiginkō, “blood bank”)
  • 興業銀行(こうぎょうぎんこう) (kōgyōginkō, “industrial bank”)
  • 国立銀行(こくりつぎんこう) (kokuritsuginkō, “a national bank”)
  • 市中銀行(しちゅうぎんこう) (shichūginkō, “city bank”)
  • 正金銀行(しょうきんぎんこう) (shōkinginkō, “specie bank”)
  • 商業銀行(しょうぎょうぎんこう) (shōgyōginkō, “commercial bank”)
  • 信託銀行(しんたくぎんこう) (shintakuginkō, “trust bank”)
  • 準備銀行(じゅんびぎんこう) (junbiginkō, “reserve bank”)
  • 人材銀行(じんざいぎんこう) (jinzaiginkō, “job bank”)
  • 住友銀行(すいともぎんこう) (suitomoginkō, “Sumitomo Bank”)
  • 世界銀行(せかいぎんこう) (sekaiginkō, “World Bank”)
  • 善意銀行(ぜんいぎんこう) (zen'iginkō, “charity distribution center”)
  • 相互銀行(そうごぎんこう) (sōgoginkō, “mutual savings bank”)
  • 兌換銀行(だかんぎんこう) (dakanginkō, “bank of issue”)
  • 地方銀行(ちほうぎんこう) (chihōginkō, “regional bank”)
  • 中央銀行(ちゅうおうぎんこう) (chūōginkō, “a central bank”)
  • 中国銀行(ちゅうごくぎんこう) (chūgokuginkō, “Bank of China”)
  • 都市銀行(としぎんこう) (toshiginkō, “city bank”)
  • 日本銀行(にっぽんぎんこう) (nipponginkō, “Bank of Japan”)

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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (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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