Chinese

		savings	bank
trad. (貯蓄銀行)		貯蓄	銀行
simp. (贮蓄银行)		贮蓄	银行

Noun

貯蓄銀行

1. (Taiwanese Min Nan) savings bank

Synonyms

• 儲蓄銀行／储蓄银行 (chǔxù yínháng)

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 貯蓄 ‎(chochiku, “savings”) +‎ 銀行 ‎(ginkō, “bank”).^[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょちくぎ​んこう [chòchíkú gíꜜǹkòò] (Nakadaka - [4])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞t͡ɕikɯᵝ ɡĩŋko̞ː]

Noun

貯蓄銀行 ‎(hiragana ちょちくぎんこう, romaji chochiku ginkō)

1. (archaic, no longer existing in Japan) A savings bank, a thrift. Established under laws passed in 1890 during the Meiji period and in 1920 during the Taishō period. Role was later merged into that of normal banks by a law passed in 1943 during the Shōwa period.

See also

• 銀行 (ぎんこう) ‎(ginkō): a bank

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0