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本行 (běn háng) — one's own profession or specialty; this bank/firm (used by the institution to refer to itself)

Definition

本行 covers two distinct senses: 'one's own profession/specialty' (e.g. 我∼是翻译) and 'this bank/firm' used by the institution itself in formal speech or writing (∼为客户提供…).

noun
one's own profession or specialtythis bank/firm (used by the institution to refer to itself)

Examples

  • ，本行。
    Tā zuò shì chǎng tuī guǎng, běn háng shì xiāo shòu guǎn lǐ.
    He works in marketing; his specialty is sales management.
  • 本行。
    běn háng Wèi kè hù tí gōng zuì yōu zhì de jīn róng fú wù.
    This bank provides customers with the highest quality financial services.
  • 本行，。
    Tā zài běn háng gōng zuò le èr shí nián, fēi cháng shú xi yè wù.
    He has worked at his firm for twenty years and knows the business very well.

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.

本běnown
行xíngtrade

本 means own or basic, and 行 means trade, so 本行 refers to one's own line of work.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.

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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.

Open 行 →
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