piào
hào

technical

Meaning of 票号

票号 means draft bank; remittance shop (operated by Shanxi merchants during the Qing Dynasty). Pronounced piào hào.

  • draft bank; remittance shop (operated by Shanxi merchants during the Qing Dynasty)

Definitions & Examples

Shān
西
piào
hào
zài
qīng
céng
cāo
zòng
quán
guó
de
jīn
róng
 

Shanxi draft banks controlled the nation's finance during the late Qing Dynasty.

Zhè
jiā
piào
hào
zhǔ
yào
jīng
yíng
huì
duì
 

This remittance shop mainly handles exchange and remittance services.

Piào
hào
jiào
piào
zhuāng
 

Draft banks are also called 'piao zhuang'.

Jìn
shāng
jīng
yíng
de
piào
hào
céng
biàn
quán
guó
 

The draft banks operated by Shanxi merchants were once spread throughout the country.

Measure Words

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