I'd like to open a checking account?

我想开个活期存款户头。

youdao

I would like to open a checking account.

你想开哪种帐户？活期存款还是定期存款？

youdao

I see. I'd like to open a checking account then.

我明白了。那么我开个活期存款户头。

youdao

If you go to a savings bank, or a savings and loan, or a commercial bank and you say, I want to open up a checking account--that's a deposit; or, I want to open up a saving account--that's a deposit.

如果你去一个储蓄银行或者商业银行，去储蓄或者贷款，你说，我想开个支票账户，这就是储蓄;,或者说我先开个存款账户，这就是储蓄。

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