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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ze-vaq
    • MiniDict: ze^去 vah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ze-vaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ze²² vaʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

財閥

1. (economics) monopoly capitalist; zaibatsu; chaebol, jaebol (a Japanese or South Korean conglomerate); plutocrat

See also

• 財團／财团 (cáituán)

Japanese

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

Noun

財(ざい)閥(ばつ) • (zaibatsu) 

1. (economics) zaibatsu: financial and industrial conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan
   • 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

See also

• 系列(けいれつ) (keiretsu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
財	閥

Noun

財閥 • (jaebeol) (hangeul 재벌)

1. Hanja form^? of 재벌 (“chaebol/jaebol, zaibatsu (a Japanese or South Korean conglomerate)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
財	閥

Noun

財閥

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