財閥

See also: 财阀

Chinese

		money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	clique; valve
trad. (財閥)		財	閥
simp. (财阀)		财	阀

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 財(ざい)閥(ばつ) (zaibatsu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáifá

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄈㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ fat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-hoa̍t
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ze-vaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáifá
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáifá
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-fa²
    • Yale: tsái-fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairfar
    • Palladius: цайфа (cajfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ fä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ fat⁶
    • Yale: chòih faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ fɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hoat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² huat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² huat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai²³⁻³³ huat̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ze-vaq
    • MiniDict: ze^去 vah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ze-vaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ze²² vaʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

財閥

1. (business, historical) zaibatsu (a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual)
2. (business) chaebol (a large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate)

See also

• 財團／财团 (cáituán)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
財	閥
ざい Grade: 5	ばつ Grade: S
on’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Doublet of 財閥(チェボル) (cheboru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠iba̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

財(ざい)閥(ばつ) • (zaibatsu) 

1. (business, historical) zaibatsu (a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual)
   • 1930, Mikami Taku (lyrics and music), “Ode of Showa Restoration”:

     財(ざい)閥(ばつ)富(とみ)を誇(ほこ)れども

     zaibatsu tomi o hokoredomo

     Conglomerates boast of their wealth but

2. (business) chaebol (a large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate)

Descendants

• → English: zaibatsu
• → French: zaibatsu
• → German: Zaibatsu
• → Korean: 자이바쓰 (jaibasseu)
• → Russian: дзайба́цу (dzajbácu)

See also

• 系列(けいれつ) (keiretsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
財	閥
チェボル
Grade: 5	Grade: S
irregular

Borrowed from Korean 재벌(財閥) (jaebeol). Doublet of 財(ざい)閥(ばつ) (zaibatsu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕe̞bo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

財閥(チェボル) • (cheboru) 

1. (business) chaebol (a large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate)

Korean

Hanja in this term
財	閥

Noun

財閥 • (jaebeol) (hangeul 재벌)

1. Hanja form^? of 재벌 (“chaebol”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
財	閥

Noun

財閥

1. chữ Hán form of tài phiệt (“plutocrat, financial oligarch”).