No. 427 in Thai
bank
The Thai word "bank" (แบงค์) means "bank" (financial institution) or "banknote" (paper money) in English.
In a sentence
วันนี้ฉันจะไปธนาคารเพื่อฝากเงิน
Today I will go to the bank to deposit money.
Here, 'ธนาคาร' (bank) refers to a financial institution where monetary transactions occur.
เรานั่งอยู่ที่ริมแม่น้ำบนตลิ่งทรายที่ใกล้กับแบงก์น้ำ
We are sitting on the sandy riverbank close to the water.
In this sentence, 'bank' refers to the sloping land beside a river.
ฉันมีธนาคารคำศัพท์ส่วนตัวในสมุดบันทึก
I have a personal vocabulary bank in my notebook.
Here, 'bank' is used metaphorically to describe a stored collection, in this case, of vocabulary words.
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