银行yín hángbank
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.
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?
How is 银行 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你下午去哪儿?
Nǐ xiàwǔ qù nǎr?
Where are you going this afternoon?
- 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.
- Speaker A:
银行几点关门?
Yínháng jǐ diǎn guānmén?
What time does the bank close?
- 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.
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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.