yínhángwǎngdiǎn zài zhèlǐ, ér guìtái zài nàbiān.

to be at

Breakdown of yínhángwǎngdiǎn zài zhèlǐ, ér guìtái zài nàbiān.

• 这里zhèlǐ: here
• 那边nàbiān: there
• 柜台guìtái: service counter

Questions & Answers about yínhángwǎngdiǎn zài zhèlǐ, ér guìtái zài nàbiān.

What does 银行网点 mean exactly? Is it just bank?

Not quite. 银行 means bank, while 网点 literally means something like service point, branch location, or outlet.

So 银行网点 refers to a bank branch or bank service outlet, not the bank as an institution in general.

In this sentence, it most likely means the bank branch/location is here.

Why is 在 used here instead of 是?

在 is used to show location.

• A 在 B = A is at/in/on B
• 是 is mainly used to say that one thing is another thing, like identification or classification.

So:

• 银行网点在这里。 = The bank branch is here.
• 柜台在那边。 = The counter is over there.

Using 是 here would sound unnatural because the sentence is talking about where something is, not what it is.

Why doesn’t the sentence use a word for is in the English sense?