破產

See also: 破産 and 破产

Chinese

		to break	property
trad. (破產)		破	產
simp. (破产)		破	产

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòchǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ caan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pho-sán
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phò͘-sán / phò-sán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòchǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòchǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-chʻan³
    • Yale: pwò-chǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohchaan
    • Palladius: почань (počanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ caan²
    • Yale: po cháan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ tsaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ can²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ t͡sʰaːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho-sán
    • Hakka Romanization System: po san^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: po⁴ san³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰo⁵⁵ san³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò͘-sán
    • Tâi-lô: phòo-sán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phorsarn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-sán
    • Tâi-lô: phò-sán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoirsarn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ san⁵³/

Verb

破產

1. to go bankrupt (losing all of one's assets)
2. to go bankrupt (being legally declared insolvent)

   申請破產／申请破产  ―  shēnqǐng pòchǎn  ―  to file for bankruptcy

   依法進入破產程序 [MSC, trad.]
   依法进入破产程序 [MSC, simp.]

   yīfǎ jìnrù pòchǎn chéngxù [Pinyin]

   to initiate bankruptcy proceedings in accordance with the law

3. to come to nothing; to fall through; to fail; to lose

Synonyms

• (to come to nothing):

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• 失利 (shīlì)
• 失敗 / 失败 (shībài)
• 挫折 (cuòzhé)
• 未成功 (wèi chénggōng)
• 砸 (zá) (colloquial)
• 跌倒 (diēdǎo)