銀行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	行

Etymology

From 銀 (ぎん, gin, “medium of exchange, money”) + 行 (こう, kō, “business establishment, firm”).

Noun

銀行 (hiragana ぎんこう, romaji ginkō)

1. a bank (financial institution)

Derived terms

Terms containing "銀行"

大銀行 (daiginkō): big bank 一六銀行 (ichirokuginkō): pawnshop 角膜銀行 (kakumakuginkō): eye bank 仮想銀行 (kasōginkō): virtual bank 為替銀行 (kawaseginkō): exchange bank 眼球銀行 (gankyūginkō): eye bank 巨大銀行 (kyodaiginkō): megabank 血液銀行 (ketsuekiginkō): blood bank 興業銀行 (kōgyōginkō): industrial bank

国立銀行 (kokuritsuginkō): a national bank 市中銀行 (shichūginkō): city bank 正金銀行 (shōkinginkō): specie bank 商業銀行 (shōgyōginkō): commercial bank 信託銀行 (shintakuginkō): trust bank 準備銀行 (junbiginkō): reserve bank 人材銀行 (jinzaiginkō): job bank 住友銀行 (sumitomoginkō): Sumitomo Bank 世界銀行 (sekaiginkō): World Bank

善意銀行 (zen'iginkō): charity distribution center 相互銀行 (sōgoginkō): mutual savings bank 兌換銀行 (dakanginkō): bank of issue 地方銀行 (chihōginkō): regional bank 中央銀行 (chūōginkō): a central bank 中国銀行 (chūgokuginkō): Bank of China 都市銀行 (toshiginkō): city bank 日本銀行 (nipponginkō): Bank of Japan

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Korean

Hanja in this word
銀	行

Noun

銀行 (eunhaeng)

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

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Mandarin

simplified	银行
traditional	銀行

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ ɪn˧˥xaŋ˧˥ ]

Noun

銀行 (traditional, Pinyin yínháng, simplified 银行)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) a bank (financial institution)

References

• 2000, Shao, Jingmin (ed.), HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:

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Min Nan

simplified	银行
traditional	銀行

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡɪn˧˧haŋ˧˥]
• IPA: [ɡun˧˧haŋ˧˥]

Noun

銀行 (traditional, POJ gîn-hâng or gûn-hâng, simplified 银行)

1. a bank (financial institution)