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银行yín hángbank

HSK 3word

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银行 (yín háng) means "bank," the place where you keep, take out, or exchange money. Its measure words are 家 and 个, as in 一家银行 for one bank. 我要去银行 says you need to go to the bank, and 银行几点关门 asks what time the bank closes.

What does 银行 mean?

  1. 1.

    banknoun

What do the characters in 银行 mean?

  • 银relating to money or currency
  • 行(bound form) commercial firm

How do you use 银行?

银行 often takes the measure word 家, and it often follows 去 or 在 for going to or being at the bank.

Patterns

  • 去银行 + Verb

    我要去银行换钱。

    Wǒ yào qù yínháng huàn qián.

    I need to go to the bank to exchange money.

  • 一家银行

    我家附近有一家银行。

    Wǒ jiā fùjìn yǒu yì jiā yínháng.

    There is a bank near my home.

What are some examples of 银行 in a sentence?

  1. 我要去银行换钱。

    Wǒ yào qù yínháng huàn qián.

    I need to go to the bank to exchange money.

  2. 银行下午五点关门。

    Yínháng xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn guānmén.

    The bank closes at five in the afternoon.

  3. 我家附近有一家银行。

    Wǒ jiā fùjìn yǒu yì jiā yínháng.

    There is a bank near my home.

How is 银行 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你下午去哪儿?

    Nǐ xiàwǔ qù nǎr?

    Where are you going this afternoon?

  2. Speaker B:

    我要去银行换钱,下个月去中国。

    Wǒ yào qù yínháng huàn qián, xià ge yuè qù Zhōngguó.

    I need to go to the bank to exchange money. I am going to China next month.

  3. Speaker A:

    银行几点关门?

    Yínháng jǐ diǎn guānmén?

    What time does the bank close?

  4. Speaker B:

    五点,所以我现在就走。

    Wǔ diǎn, suǒyǐ wǒ xiànzài jiù zǒu.

    At five, so I am leaving right now.

What should you learn next?

English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.