钱庄 in English qian2 zhuang1 Meaning

Meanings

  • old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949)
  • (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal

Simplified Characters

钱 庄

Traditional Characters

錢 莊

Pinyin

qian2 zhuang1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

钱qian2surname Qian 庄zhuang1variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]