銀行

See also: 银行

Chinese
silver; money
 
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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 銀 (ぎん)行 (こう) (ginkō, “bank”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 銀行／银行 (yínháng, “jewellery dealer”).

Pronunciation
Note: ngan4 hong4-2 - dated.

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
    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
Derived terms from 銀行

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, rōmaji ginkō, historical hiragana ぎんかう)

  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

Descendants

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), 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
Hán tự in this word
銀行

Noun

銀行

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