資本

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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

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):

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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) 

  1. (economics, business, finance) capital

Derived terms

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”).
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