钱庄 (qián zhuāng) — old-style Chinese private bank (pre-modern financial institution)
Definition
Historical term for a traditional private bank in imperial and early modern China, before modern (Western-style) banks appeared. The modern equivalent is 银行.
noun
old-style Chinese private bank (pre-modern financial institution)
Measure word · 家
Examples
- 钱庄。Zhè jiā qián zhuāng yǐ jīng yǒu sān bǎi duō nián de lì shǐ le.This old-style bank has a history of over three hundred years.
- 钱庄。Tā zài yì běn xiǎo shuō lǐ dú dào le guān yú qián zhuāng de miáo xiě.He read a description of an old-style bank in a novel.
- ，钱庄。Xiàn dài yín háng chū xiàn hòu, qián zhuāng zhú jiàn tuì chū le lì shǐ wǔ tái.After the emergence of modern banks, old-style private banks gradually left the historical stage.
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