old-style large bank; native bank
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
large native bank; old-style banking house (in pre-modern China)
archaicHistorically refers to large-scale native banks in late Qing and Republican China, distinct from smaller 'qianzhuang' and modern 'yínháng' (banks).
Qīng清
mò末
mín民
chū初
，
zhè这
jiā家
yín银
hào号
zài在
dāng当
dì地
hěn很
yǒu有
míng名
。
In the late Qing and early Republic, this banking house was very famous locally.
Yé爷
ye爷
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
zài在
yī一
jiā家
yín银
hào号
dāng当
huǒ伙
ji计
。
When grandpa was young, he worked as a clerk in a native bank.
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Jiù旧
shí时
de的
yín银
hào号
xiāng相
dāng当
yú于
xiàn现
zài在
de的
shāng商
yè业
yín银
háng行
。
The yinhao of old times was equivalent to today's commercial banks.