粵

錢cin4莊zong1

simp钱庄
cin4 zong1qián zhuāng

English

  1. 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)
  2. (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal
  3. bank, in old days before government regulation exists ----
  4. see地下錢莊

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 舊時嘅銀行（量詞：間）
  2. 而家所有金融機構都要政府發牌，「錢莊」一詞只會用嚟形容冇牌金融機構，見地下錢莊

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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