赤字

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (赤字)		赤	字
Literally: “red character”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìzì

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ zi⁶, cik³ zi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chhiah-lī / chhiah-jī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chìzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhtzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cek³ zi⁶, cik³ zi⁶
  - Yale: chek jih, chik jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dzi⁶, tsik⁸ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³ ji⁶, qig³ ji⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡siː²²/, /t͡sʰɪk̚³ t͡siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiahli
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiahji
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ʑi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/

Noun

赤字

(economics, government) deficit

Derived terms

貿易赤字／贸易赤字 (màoyì chìzì)
赤字財政／赤字财政

赤字預算／赤字预算
金融赤字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	字
あか Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Etymology

From 赤 (あか) (aka, “red”) + 字 (じ) (ji, “characters”), attested since the Taishō period.

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) あかじ [àkájí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ʑi]

Noun

赤字 (hiragana あかじ, rōmaji akaji)

(literally) characters written in red
(business) red ink, deficit, in the red
corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red.

Antonyms

(deficit): 黒 (くろ)字 (じ) (kuroji)

Derived terms

赤 (あか)字 (じ)国 (こく)債 (さい) (akaji kokusai, “deficit-covering (government) bond”)
赤 (あか)字 (じ)財 (ざい)政 (せい) (akaji zaisei, “deficit financing”)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
赤	字

Noun

赤字 • (jeokja) (hangeul 적자)

Hanja form^? of 적자 (“deficit”).

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