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). The sense of 'chaebol' is an orthographic borrowing from Korean 재벌 (jaebeol).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáifá

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

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

(business, historical) zaibatsu (a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual)
(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

(Tokyo) ざいばつ [zàíbátsú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠iba̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

財(ざい)閥(ばつ) • (zaibatsu)

(business, historical) zaibatsu (a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual)
- 1930, Mikami Taku, “青年日本の歌”:
  
  財閥(ざいばつ)富(とみ)を誇(ほこ)れども　社稷(しゃしょく)を思(おも)ふ心(こころ)なし
  zaibatsu tomi o hokoredomo shashoku o omofu kokoro nashi
  Zaibatsus boast of their wealth but
  have not hearts that think of the soil and grain.
(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): [t͡ɕe̞bo̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

財閥(チェボル) • (cheboru)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
財	閥

Noun

財閥 • (jaebeol) (hangeul 재벌)

hanja form^? of 재벌 (“chaebol”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
財	閥

Noun

財閥

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