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銀行

銀行

See also: 银行

Chinese

silver
 
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (銀行) 銀 行
simp. (银行) 银 行

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
  2. (literary, archaic) jewellery dealer

Derived terms

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

銀行 ‎(counter 行, hiragana ぎんこう, romaji ginkō, historical hiragana ぎんかう)

  1. a bank (financial institution)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Hanja in this term
銀 行

Noun

銀行 • ‎(eunhaeng) ‎(hangeul 은행)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
銀 行

Noun

銀行

  1. Hán tự form of ngân hàng, “bank, financial institution”

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 銀行 (ぎんこう) ‎(ginkō, “bank”), semantically readapted from Chinese 銀行／银行 (“jewellery dealer”).

Pronunciation

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