央行

yāngháng

noun #66,112

Meanings

1 central bank
2 the central bank (esp. the People's Bank of China)

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

欧洲央行发布了新的政策声明。

Ōuzhōu yāngháng fābù le xīn de zhèngcè shēngmíng.

The European Central Bank issued a new policy statement.

HSK 7-9

央行决定下调利率。

Yāngháng juédìng xiàtiáo lìlǜ.

The central bank decided to cut interest rates.

Tips

usage

央行 is short for 中央银行 (central bank). In Chinese news by default it refers to the 中国人民银行 (PBoC); for other countries you add a prefix: 美联储 (US Fed) is the exception, but 欧洲央行 (ECB) and 日本央行 (BoJ) follow the pattern.

mistakes

行 here is háng (row/firm) - same as in 银行 (bank) - not xíng (to walk).

Stroke Order

央 yāng

行 xíng