貯蓄銀行

貯蓄銀行

See also: 贮蓄银行

Chinese

		savings	bank; jewellery dealer
trad. (貯蓄銀行)		貯蓄	銀行
simp. (贮蓄银行)		贮蓄	银行

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 貯蓄銀行(ちょちくぎんこう) (chochikuginkō).

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): thú-thiok-gûn-hâng

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thú-thiok-gûn-hâng
    • Tâi-lô: thú-thiok-gûn-hâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tw'tiokgunhaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ haŋ²⁴/

Noun

貯蓄銀行

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) savings bank

Synonyms

• 儲蓄銀行／储蓄银行 (chǔxù yínháng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
貯	蓄	銀	行
ちょ Grade: 5	ちく Grade: S	ぎん Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2

Etymology

Compound of 貯蓄 (chochiku, “savings”) +‎ 銀行 (ginkō, “bank”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょちくぎ​んこー [chòchíkú gíꜜǹkòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞t͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝ ɡʲĩŋko̞ː]

Noun

貯(ちょ)蓄(ちく)銀(ぎん)行(こう) • (chochiku ginkō) 

1. (archaic, no longer existing in Japan) A savings bank, a thrift. Established under laws passed in 1890 during the Meiji period and in 1920 during the Taishō period. Role was later merged into that of normal banks by a law passed in 1943 during the Shōwa period.

See also

• 銀行(ぎんこう) (ginkō): a bank

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN