中国工商银行

中國工商銀行

Zhōngguó Gōngshāng Yínháng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the largest bank in the world by assets

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

按资产计算，中国工商银行是全球最大的银行。

Àn zīchǎn jìsuàn, Zhōngguó Gōngshāng Yínháng shì quánqiú zuì dà de yínháng.

Measured by assets, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is the biggest bank in the world.

HSK 7-9

中国工商银行在全国各地都有网点。

Zhōngguó Gōngshāng Yínháng zài quánguó gèdì dōu yǒu wǎngdiǎn.

ICBC has branches all over the country.

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usage

Usually shortened to 工商银行 or 工行; the full name appears on contracts and signs. With 中国农业银行, 中国银行 and 中国建设银行 it is one of the Big Four state banks, listed as 工、农、中、建.

history

It was founded in 1984 to take over the commercial lending of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行), so that the PBOC could act as a pure central bank.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

国 guó

工 gōng

商 shāng

银 yín

行 xíng