Chinese symbol for “bankrupt”

破财

pò cái

Traditional: 破財

bankrupt; to suffer financial loss

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bankrupt is 破财 (pò cái), defined as: bankrupt; to suffer financial loss.

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Characters and stroke order

破 pò

to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy

radical 112 ⽯ · 10 strokes

财 cái

riches, wealth, valuables

radical 154 ⾙ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

財 cái

Related words

Other words that share a character with 破财.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
破坏 (破壞)	pò huài	destruction; damage
突破	tū pò	to break through; to make a breakthrough
打破	dǎ pò	to break; to smash
破产 (破產)	pò chǎn	to go bankrupt; to become impoverished
破解	pò jiě	to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain
破裂	pò liè	to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
财产 (財產)	cái chǎn	property; assets
财富 (財富)	cái fù	wealth; riches

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.