银 (yín): silver, bank
银 (yín) is a Chinese character meaning “silver, bank.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 艮 (phonetic). It ranks #757 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 银 money. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 钱 (qián, money), 错 (cuò, wrong, mistake), 钟 (zhōng, clock, bell).
Definitions
- silver, bank
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 银
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 银色 | yín sè | silver (color) |
| 银河 | yín hé | Milky Way |
| 收银 | shōu yín | to receive payment |
| 银河系 | yín hé xì | Milky Way Galaxy |
| 银器 | yín qì | silverware |
| 银币 | yín bì | silver coin |
| 银幕 | yín mù | movie screen |
| 银子 | yín zi | money |
| 收银机 | shōu yín jī | cash register |
| 水银 | shuǐ yín | mercury |
| 金银 | jīn yín | gold and silver |
| 银座 | yín zuò | Ginza (district in Tokyo) |
| 银杏 | yín xìng | ginkgo |
| 银发 | yín fà | silver hair |
| 银元 | yín yuán | flat silver (former coinage) |
银 appears in 100 compound words: 69 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 银 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
银行周末不办理对公业务，请在工作日来办理。
Yínháng zhōumò bù bànlǐ duìgōng yèwù, qǐng zài gōngzuò rì lái bànlǐ.
Banks don't handle corporate business on weekends; please come on a workday.
...谷爱凌、李方慧摘得自由式滑雪女子U池金、银牌
. . . gǔ ài líng , lǐ fāng huì zhāi dé zì yóu shì huá xuě nǚ zǐ U chí jīn , yín pái
... Gu Ailing and Li Fanghui won gold and silver medals in the women's U pool in freestyle skiing
摩根大通“1原因”关闭川普银行帐户
mó gēn dà tōng 1 yuán yīn guān bì chuān pǔ yín háng zhàng hù
JPMorgan Chase closed Trump's bank account for "1 reason"
小伙出售前女友送的银手镯,剪开发现内芯为30克高纯..
xiǎo huǒ chū shòu qián nǚ yǒu sòng de yín shǒu 镯 , jiǎn kāi fā xiàn nèi xīn wéi kè gāo chún . .
The guy sold his ex-girlfriend to send the silver bracelet, cut open and found that the core for 30 grams of high-purity...
深夜,黄金、白银、原油齐涨,美股三大指数集体上涨丨..
shēn yè , huáng jīn bái yín yuán yóu qí zhǎng , měi gǔ sān dà zhǐ shǔ jí tī shǎng zhǎng 丨 . .
Late at night, gold, silver, crude oil rose, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose collectively 丨....
盘核桃、叠衣服、穿烤肠,银河通用春晚机器人是怎么“..
pán hé táo dié yī fú chuān kǎo cháng , yín hé tōng yòng chūn wǎn jī qì rén shì zěn má . .
Cracking walnuts, folding clothes, threading sausages—how does the Galaxy Universal Spring Festival Gala robot do it?
地铁站的附近有银行吗？
Dìtiězhàn de fùjìn yǒu yínháng ma?
Is there a bank near the station?
你知道银行什么时候关门吗？
Nǐ zhīdào yínháng shénmeshíhou guānmén ma?
Do you have any idea when the bank closes?
请问，中国银行在哪儿？
Qǐngwèn, Zhōngguó Yínháng zài nǎr?
Excuse me, where's the Bank of China?
你能分辨银和锡吗?
Nǐ néng fēnbiàn yín hé xī ma?
Can you tell silver and tin apart?
Character Family
钅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the metal radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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