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

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

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thú-thiok-gûn-hâng

Southern Min
- (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

(Taiwanese Hokkien) savings bank

Synonyms

儲蓄銀行／储蓄银行 (chǔxù yínháng)

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): [t͡ɕo̞t͡ɕikɯ̟ ɡʲĩŋko̞ː]

Noun

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

(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

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN