资 (zī): resources, capital, to provide
资 (zī) is a Chinese character meaning “resources.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 次 (phonetic) and 贝 (semantic). It ranks #257 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 资 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- resources
- capital
- to provide
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 资
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 资料noun | zī liào | material | 4 |
| 投资verb/noun | tóu zī | investment | 6 |
| 资格noun | zī gé | qualifications | 5 |
| 资金noun | zī jīn | funds | 5 |
| 工资noun | gōng zī | wages | 4 |
| 资源noun | zī yuán | natural resource (such as water or minerals) | 5 |
| 资产noun | zī chǎn | property | 6 |
| 资本noun | zī běn | capital (economics) | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 资助 | zī zhù | to subsidize |
| 投资者 | tóu zī zhě | investor |
| 资深 | zī shēn | veteran (journalist etc) |
| 资料库 | zī liào kù | (Tw) (computing) database |
| 投资人 | tóu zī rén | investor |
| 资讯 | zī xùn | information |
| 物资 | wù zī | goods |
| 资历 | zī lì | qualifications |
| 筹资 | chóu zī | to raise resources |
| 资本家 | zī běn jiā | capitalist |
| 资质 | zī zhì | aptitude |
| 出资 | chū zī | to fund |
| 集资 | jí zī | to raise money |
| 融资 | róng zī | financing |
| 薪资 | xīn zī | salary |
资 appears in 100 compound words: 44 as the first character, 45 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 资 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
这个项目的资金来源已经确定，可以开始实施了。
Zhè gè xiàngmù de zījīn láiyuán yǐjīng quèdìng, kěyǐ kāishǐ shíshī le.
The funding source for this project has been confirmed, and implementation can begin.
中国资产折价40-50%也无法套现?全球10大...
zhōng guó zī chǎn zhé jià 4 0 5 0 yě wú fǎ tào xiàn ? quán qiú 1 0 dà . . .
China's assets are discounted by 40-50% and cannot be cashed out? The world's top 10...
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yù jiàn jīn mǎ cái tōng zhèng quàn zī guǎn mǎ xiǎo lì : hòu zhí jīn róng wéi mín de sè , yǐ . .
Foresight Golden Horse|Caitong Securities Asset Management Ma Xiaoli: Cultivate finance as the background of the people, to:
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xī bù shǔ jù nǐ chū shòu bù fēn shǎn dí gǔ fèn chóu zī . yì měi yuán yòng yú . .
Western Digital Plans to Sell Part of Its SanDisk Stake to Raise $3.17 Billion for...
印度声称将斥巨资建数据中心
yìn dù shēng chèn jiāng chì jù zī jiàn shǔ jù zhōng xīn
India claims it will invest heavily in building data centers
Kimi母公司月之暗面完成超7亿美元融资,新一轮超..
mǔ gōng sī yuè zhī àn miàn wán chéng chāo yì měi yuán róng zī , xīn yī lún chāo . .
Kimi's parent company Dark Side of the Moon secures over $700 million in funding, with a new round exceeding...
谁来为风险投资提供资金？
Shéi lái wèi fēngxiǎn tóuzī tígōng zījīn?
Who will provide capital for the venture?
你确定你的资料属实吗？
Nǐ quèdìng nǐ de zīliào shǔshí ma?
Are you sure of your facts?
请问乔治亚洲的最低工资是多少？
Qǐngwèn Qiáozhìyà Zhōu de zuì dī gōngzī shì duōshao?
What is the minimum wage in Georgia?
她拒绝了我的资助。
Tā jùjué le wǒ de zīzhù.
She turned down the subsidy that I offered.
Character Family
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