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银行

yín háng

HSK 2 · word 1147 of 3,000

Meaning

• bank

Measure word

家 jiā or 个 gè

Example sentence

Characters in 银行

• 银 yín silver
• 行 xíng (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel

银 silver plus 行, which here is háng, a trade or a line of business. A bank was the silver trade, and 行 keeps that reading in 行业 industry.

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