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”).[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zīběn
(Zhuyin): ㄗㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ bun²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-pún
Min Dong (BUC): cṳ̆-buōng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chu-pún / chir-pún
(Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ bung²
Wu (Wiktionary): tsr pen (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): zi¹ ben³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zīběn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄅㄣˇ
  - 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)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ bun²
  - Yale: jī bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ bun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ puːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-pún
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii´ bun`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ bun³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴ pun³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆-buōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(p-)βuoŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsr pen (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ pəɲ²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zi¹ ben³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡si³³ pən⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (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):

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Synonyms of 資本

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

Derived terms from 資本

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
→ 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

Hán tự in this term
資	本

Noun

資本

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

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