Piaohao (Traditional Chinese: 票號, literally "draft banks"), also known as "piaozhuang" (票莊), "huihao" (匯號), or "huiduizhuang" (匯兌莊), in Mandarin Chinese, or "Shanxi banks" (山西票號) or "Shansi banks" in English, were a type of bank that existed in China during the Manchu Qing dynasty until approximately 1952.