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銀行

简银行 · 繁銀行

Mandarin · pinyin yín háng

bank
Classifier: 家 jiā, 個 gè

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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
银: yín · silver; cash, money, wealth

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2–2 · yin2 hang2

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ngan4 hong4

Cantonese word readings for 銀行. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

bank (financial institution) (Classifier: 家 m; 所 m; 個／个 m; 間／间 c mn)
(literary, archaic) jewellery dealer

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