재벌

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 財閥. Doublet of 자이바쓰 (jaibasseu).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛbʌ̹ɭ] ~ [t͡ɕe̞bʌ̹ɭ]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [재벌/제벌]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jaebeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jaebeol
McCune–Reischauer?chaebŏl
Yale Romanization?caypel

Noun

재벌 • (jaebeol) (hanja 財閥)

  1. (business) chaebol (a large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate)
  2. (business, historical) zaibatsu (a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual)
    Synonym: 자이바쓰 (jaibasseu)
  3. (loosely) Any large corporation controlled by a single family or individual.

Descendants

  • → English: chaebol, chaebŏl, jaebol, jaebeol
  • → French: chaebol
  • → German: Jaebeol
  • → Hungarian: csebol
  • → Japanese: 財閥(チェボル) (cheboru)
  • → Polish: czebol
  • → Portuguese: chaebol
  • → Russian: чебо́ль (čebólʹ)
  • → Spanish: chaebol
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