赤字

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (赤字)		赤	字
Literally: “red character”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ zi⁶, cik³ zi⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-lī / chhiah-jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciah⁴ ri⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chìzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄗˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhtzyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhzìh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ zi⁶, cik³ zi⁶
    • Yale: chek jih, chik jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dzi⁶, tsik⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ ji⁶, qig³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡siː²²/, /t͡sʰɪk̚³ t͡siː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahli
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-jī
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ʑi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciah⁴ ri⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiah jī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaʔ²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/

Noun

赤字

1. (economics, government) deficit

Derived terms

• 貿易赤字／贸易赤字 (màoyì chìzì)
• 赤字財政／赤字财政

• 赤字預算／赤字预算
• 金融赤字

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	字
あか Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Etymology

From 赤(あか) (aka, “red”) + 字(じ) (ji, “characters”), attested since the Taishō period.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Calque of English in the red?”)

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) あかじ [àkájí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ʑi]

Noun

赤(あか)字(じ) • (akaji) 

1. (literally) characters written in red
2. (business) red ink, deficit, in the red
3. corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red.

Antonyms

• (deficit): 黒(くろ)字(じ) (kuroji)

Derived terms

• 赤(あか)字(じ)国(こく)債(さい) (akaji kokusai, “deficit-covering (government) bond​”)
• 赤(あか)字(じ)財(ざい)政(せい) (akaji zaisei, “deficit financing​”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
赤	字

Noun

赤字 • (jeokja) (hangeul 적자)

1. Hanja form^? of 적자 (“deficit”).