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金融 (jīn róng) — finance (the industry or system managing money, investments, and markets); banking (the sector involving banks and related services)

Definition

金融 refers to the finance industry and system as a whole (banks, markets, investment). 财务 is about a specific company's or person's financial affairs; 财政 is public/state finance.

noun
finance (the industry or system managing money, investments, and markets)banking (the sector involving banks and related services)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 金融。
    Tā dà xué xué de shì jīn róng zhuān yè.
    He studied finance in college.
  • 金融。
    jīn róng Wēi jī yǐng xiǎng le quán shì jiè de jīng jì.
    The financial crisis affected the global economy.
  • 金融。
    Hěn duō rén xuǎn zé zài jīn róng háng yè gōng zuò.
    Many people choose to work in the finance industry.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

金jīnmoney
融róngcirculates

金 'money' and 融 'circulates' together picture money moving, which became the term for banking and finance.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鬲鬲gécauldron
Sound part声符shēngfú
蟲
蟲chóng融róng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

融 pairs 鬲, a cauldron, with 蟲, which gives the sound.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Finance & Banking

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