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银

yín

HSK 5 Character Traditional 銀

What 银 means

1. silver
2. silver-colored
3. relating to money or currency

Example sentences

• 请去银行。
  Please go to the bank.
• 银行九点开门
  Yínháng jiǔ diǎn kāimén
  Banks open at nine o'clock.
• 银行开着吗？
  Is the bank open?
• 银行在哪里？
  Where is the bank?
• 他在银行换钱。
  Tā zài yínháng huànqián.
  He exchanges money at the bank.
• 我有几枚银币。
  Wǒ yǒu jǐ méi yínbì.
  I have several silver coins.

Words starting with 银

• 银行yín hángbank
• 银子yín zimoney; silver
• 银币yín bìsilver coin
• 银幕yín mùmovie screen
• 银色yín sèsilver (color)
• 银行卡yín háng kǎbank card
• 银河Yín héMilky Way
• 银杏yín xìngginkgo
• 银元yín yuánflat silver (former coinage); also written 银圆; silver dollar
• 银饰yín shìsilver jewelry; silver ornaments
• 银行家yín háng jiābanker
• 银两yín liǎngsilver (as currency)
• 银行业yín háng yèbanking
• 银座Yín zuòGinza (district in Tokyo)
• 银河系Yín hé xìMilky Way Galaxy; the galaxy (our galaxy)
• 银牌yín páisilver medal
• 银光yín guāngsilvery light; bright white light; shining white light
• 银川市Yín chuān ShìYinchuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区
• 银发yín fàsilver hair; gray hair
• 银白yín báisilver white
• 银屏yín píngtelevision; TV screen; the silver screen
• 银钱yín qiánsilver money (in former times)
• 银耳yín ěrwhite fungus (Tremella fuciformis); silver tree-ear fungus
• 银器yín qìsilverware

Words containing 银

• 金银jīn yíngold and silver
• 中国银行Zhōng guó Yín hángBank of China (BoC)
• 商业银行shāng yè yín hángcommercial bank
• 中国人民银行Zhōng guó Rén mín Yín hángPeople's Bank of China
• 水银shuǐ yínmercury; quicksilver
• 世界银行Shì jiè Yín hángWorld Bank
• 工商银行Gōng Shāng Yín hángIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China
• 中央银行zhōng yāng yín hángcentral bank
• 白银bái yínsilver
• 人民银行Rén mín Yín hángPeople's Bank of China
• 收银台shōu yín táicheckout counter; cashier's desk
• 交通银行Jiāo tōng Yín hángBank of Communications
• 中国工商银行Zhōng guó Gōng shāng Yín hángIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
• 投资银行tóu zī yín hánginvestment bank
• 华夏银行Huá xià Yín hángHuaxia Bank
• 中银Zhōng YínBank of China (abbr. for 中国银行
• 世银Shì YínWorld Bank (abbr. for 世界银行
• 包银bāo yíncontracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times)
• 取银qǔ yínto take silver; to come second in a competition
• 定银dìng yíndeposit; down payment
• 收银shōu yínto receive payment
• 秘银mì yínmithril (fictional metal)
• 网银wǎng yínonline banking; abbr. for 网上银行
• 收银员shōu yín yuáncashier; checkout clerk

Characters built on 艮

These share the phonetic component 艮 (gěn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 龈yíngums (of the teeth)
• 垠yínlimit; border; river bank

Characters that look like 银

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 铉xuànstick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in…
• 馄húnused in 馄饨

Sounds the same

Read yín, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 淫excess; excessive; wanton
• 寅3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the…
• 垠limit; border; river bank
• 鄞used in 鄞州
• 婬obscene, licentious, lewd
• 狺snarling of dogs
• 夤late at night
• 崟high; rugged mountains; steep
• 霪heavy rain
• 冘to go forward; to advance
• 嚚insincere; stupid