# 資本
## Chinese
### Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 資(し)本(ほん) (shihon), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 資本／资本 (zīběn, “resource”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zīběn
    (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄅㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$ bun$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-pún
    (Hailu, HRS): zii$^ˋ$ bun$^ˊ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆-buōng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chu-pún / chir-pún
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ze$^1$ bung$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsy-pen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zi$^1$ ben$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zīběn
*** Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄅㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zihběn
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^1$-pên$^3$
*** Yale: dz̄-běn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzybeen
*** Palladius: цзыбэнь (czybɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$ bun$^2$
*** Yale: jī bún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$ bun$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$ bun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵ puːn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-pún
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˊ$ bun$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^1$ bun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴ pun³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˋ$ bun$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵³ pun²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆-buōng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(p-)}$βuoŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-pún
*** Tâi-lô: tsu-pún
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zu'puon
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² pun⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ pun⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ pun⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-pún
*** Tâi-lô: tsir-pún
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ pun⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Longyan): /t͡sz̩³³⁴ pun²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ze$^1$ bung$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ púng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ puŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsy-pen
*** MiniDict: tsy$^平$ pen
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsr-pen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ pən²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^1$ ben$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡si³³ pən⁴¹/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡ɕi³³ pən⁴¹/

### Noun

資本
* (economics, business, finance) capital
    實收資本／实收资本 ― shíshōu zīběn ― paid-in capital
* (figurative) right; privilege; prerogative; capital (valuable resource of a particular kind)
    吹噓的資本／吹嘘的资本 ― chuīxū de zīběn ― bragging rights
    政治資本／政治资本 ― zhèngzhì zīběn ― political capital

#### Synonyms

* (capital):
* 條件／条件 (tiáojiàn)
* 泉幣／泉币 (quánbì) (literary)
* 物質條件／物质条件 (wùzhì tiáojiàn)
* 產業／产业 (chǎnyè)
* 財富／财富 (cáifù)
* 財帛／财帛 (cáibó) (dated)
* 財物／财物 (cáiwù)
* 財產／财产 (cáichǎn)
* 財貝／财贝 (Dungan)
* 財貨／财货 (cáihuò)
* 貨幣／货币 (huòbì)
* 資源／资源 (zīyuán) (slang)
* 資金／资金 (zījīn)
* 金錢／金钱 (jīnqián)
* 銀彈／银弹 (yíndàn) (figurative)
* 銀錢／银钱 (yínqián)
* 錢幣／钱币 (qiánbì)
* 錢眼／钱眼 (qiányǎn) (figurative)
* 錢財／钱财 (qiáncái)

#### Derived terms

* 人力資本／人力资本 (rénlì zīběn)
* 民族資本／民族资本 (mínzú zīběn)
* 財政資本／财政资本 (cáizhèng zīběn)
* 買辦資本／买办资本 (mǎibàn zīběn)
* 資本主義／资本主义 (zīběnzhǔyì)
* 資本家／资本家 (zīběnjiā)
* 資本密集／资本密集 (zīběn mìjí)
* 資本密集型／资本密集型 (zīběn mìjíxíng)
* 資本市場／资本市场 (zīběn shìchǎng)
* 資本投資／资本投资 (zīběn tóuzī)
* 資本階級／资本阶级 (zīběn jiējí)
* 金融資本／金融资本 (jīnróng zīběn)
* 風險資本／风险资本 (fēngxiǎn zīběn)

#### Related terms

* 資產／资产 (zīchǎn)

### References

* ↑ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 409

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 資 | 本 |
| し Grade: 5 | ほん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

資(し)本(ほん) • (shihon)
* (economics, business, finance) capital

#### Derived terms

* 資本主義(しほんしゅぎ) (shihonshugi)
* 資本家(しほんか) (shihonka)
* 資本金(しほんきん) (shihonkin)

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 資本／资本 (zīběn)
* → Korean: 자본 (jabon)
* → Vietnamese: tư bản

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 資 | 本 |

### Noun

資本 • (jabon) (hangeul 자본)
* hanja form of 자본 (“(economics, business, finance) capital”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 資 | 本 |

### Noun

資本
* chữ Hán form of tư bản (“(economics, business, finance) capital”).