tài phiệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 財閥.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːj˨˩ fiət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːj˦˩ fiək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːj˨˩ fiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

tài phiệt

1. financier; plutocrat
2. a conglomerate, like a South Korean chaebol or Japanese zaibatsu