# 財閥
## Chinese

* 財閥

### 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): coi$^4$ fat$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): châi-hoa̍t
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ze-vaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cáifá
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄈㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cáifá
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^2$-fa$^2$
*** Yale: tsái-fá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairfar
*** Palladius: цайфа (cajfa)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ fä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coi$^4$ fat$^6$
*** Yale: chòih faht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi$^4$ fat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: coi$^4$ fed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: $^6$ze-vaq
*** MiniDict: ze$^去$ vah
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ze-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

* IPA: [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 (lyrics and music), “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: [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”).