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我行 (wǒ háng) — our bank; my bank (used by a bank to refer to itself in official or formal contexts)

Definition

A formal, official term a bank uses to refer to itself in statements or announcements — 'our bank / my bank'. It is not a general word for any institution; the speaker is a bank speaking about itself.

noun
our bankmy bank (used by a bank to refer to itself in official or formal contexts)
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 我行。
    wǒ háng Jiāng yú xià yuè tuī chū xīn de dài kuǎn fú wù.
    Our bank will launch new loan services next month.
  • 我行。
    Gǎn xiè nín duì wǒ háng de zhī chí yǔ xìn rèn.
    Thank you for your support and trust in our bank.
  • 我行。
    wǒ háng Yì zhí zhì lì yú wèi kè hù tí gōng yōu zhì fú wù.
    Our bank has always been committed to providing quality service to customers.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

我wǒmy or our
行xíngbank

'我' means my or our, and '行' means bank, together denoting one's own bank.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

The glyph 我 originally drew a trident-like weapon. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write the pronoun "I", so the picture and the meaning are unrelated.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 彳彳chì
  • 亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

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Appears in
Finance & Banking

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