财团 (cái tuán) — financial group; consortium | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A 财团 is a large financial group or consortium, typically a cluster of corporations controlled by one entity. It emphasizes the collective business power more than a single 公司.

noun

financial groupconsortium

Measure word · 个

Examples

财团。
Nà ge cái tuán shōu gòu le yì jiā kē jì gōng sī.
That consortium acquired a tech company.
财团。
Zhè ge cái tuán yóu duō jiā qǐ yè zǔ chéng.
This financial group is composed of multiple companies.
财团。
Guó jì cái tuán zhèng zài tóu zī zhè ge xiàng mù.
An international consortium is investing in this project.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

财cáifinance

财 gives finance, 团 gives group, a group organized around finance.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 財; 财 is its simplified writing.

貝才財

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell

Sound part声符shēngfú

才

才cái財cái

Same sound today

The traditional form 財 has 貝 (shell) next to 才, which gives the sound; the simplified 财 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 團; 团 is its simplified writing.

囗專團

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéi

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān團tuán

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 團 combines 囗 as a meaning part with 專 as a sound part; the story is about 團, not about 团.

Appears in

Finance & Banking

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