ngan4 hong4銀行银行
Jyutpingngan4 hong4
Yalengàhn hòhng
Definition
Bank; a financial institution that accepts deposits, makes loans, and offers other financial services.
Example
neutralmoney
How it's used
Refers specifically to the physical institution or the business entity. When discussing the act of going to the bank to handle finances, it is common to use the classifier 間 to specify the branch or institution.
Measure word
gaan1間gānExamples
I need to go to the bank to withdraw money tomorrow.
Do you know which bank has a better exchange rate?
Related words
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
