Chinese Word Entry

Simplified Chinese form:

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin):
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat6
Definitions:
  1. powerful individual, family or group

  2. clique

  3. (loanword) valve


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Chinese characters used in this word

clique, lineage, pedigree, faction, clan, powerful and influential group
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄚˊ (fá)
Cantonese: fat6
Japanese: バツ (batsu)、 ハツ (hatsu) / いえがら (iegara)、 いさお (isao)
Korean: 벌 (beol)
Vietnamese: phiệt
Variants
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