資本

See also: 资本

Chinese

		resources; capital; to provide resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (資本)		資	本
simp. (资本)		资	本

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): zi¹ bun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-pún
• Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆-buōng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chu-pún / chir-pún

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ bung²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy-pen
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zi¹ ben³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihběn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-pên³
    • Yale: dz̄-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzybeen
    • Palladius: цзыбэнь (czybɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ bun²
    • Yale: jī bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ puːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-pún
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ bun^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ bun³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴ pun³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆-buōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: ze¹ bung²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ púng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ puŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy-pen
    • MiniDict: tsy^平 pen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr-pen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ pən²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zi¹ ben³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡si³³ pən⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕi³³ pən⁴¹/

Noun

資本

1. (economics, business, finance) capital

   實收資本／实收资本  ―  shíshōu zīběn  ―  paid-in capital

2. (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):

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• 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)

Japanese

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

Noun

資(し)本(ほん) • (shihon) 

1. (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)

1. hanja form^? of 자본 (“(economics, business, finance) capital”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
資	本

Noun

資本

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