Chinese symbol for “bank”
银行
yín háng
Traditional: 銀行
bank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bank is 银行 (yín háng), defined as: bank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bank”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岸 | àn | bank; shore; beach; coast |
| 皋 | gāo | bank; marsh |
| 滨 (濱) | bīn | (bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) |
| 渚 | zhǔ | islet; bank |
| 堤岸 | dī àn | embankment; bank |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 银行.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白银 (白銀) | bái yín | silver |
| 银行卡 (銀行卡) | yín háng kǎ | bank card |
| 银行业 (銀行業) | yín háng yè | banking |
| 商业银行 (商業銀行) | shāng yè yín háng | commercial bank |
| 银色 (銀色) | yín sè | silver (color) |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bank”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.