== Chinese ==


=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Japanese 貯蓄銀行(ちょちくぎんこう) (chochikuginkō).


=== Pronunciation ===


=== Noun ===
貯蓄銀行 

(Taiwanese Hokkien) savings bank


==== Synonyms ====
儲蓄銀行／储蓄银行 (chǔxù yínháng)


== Japanese ==


=== Etymology ===
Compound of 貯蓄 (chochiku, “savings”) +‎ 銀行 (ginkō, “bank”).


=== Pronunciation ===
(Tokyo) ちょちくぎ​んこー [chòchíkú gíꜜǹkòò] (Nakadaka – [4])IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞t͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝ ɡʲĩŋko̞ː]


=== Noun ===
貯(ちょ)蓄(ちく)銀(ぎん)行(こう) • (chochiku ginkō) 

(archaic, no longer existing in Japan) A savings bank, a thrift. Established under laws passed in 1890 during the Meiji period and in 1920 during the Taishō period. Role was later merged into that of normal banks by a law passed in 1943 during the Shōwa period.


==== See also ====
銀行(ぎんこう) (ginkō): a bank


=== References ===