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资

zī

HSK 4 Character Traditional 資

What 资 means

1. resources
2. capital
3. to provide
4. to supply
5. to support
6. money
7. expense

Example sentences

• 你投资多少？
  How much do you have invested?
• 我们需要资本。
  Wǒmen xūyào zīběn.
  We need capital.
• 你有资格知道。
  You have the right to know.
• 资本主义是贫穷。
  Zīběnzhǔyì shì pínqióng.
  Capitalism is poverty.
• 您想要多少工资？
  How much do you want in terms of salary?
• 让我们投资台湾。
  Let's invest in Taiwan.

Words starting with 资

• 资料zī liàomaterial; resources; data
• 资源zī yuánnatural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
• 资金zī jīnfunds; capital
• 资格zī géqualifications; seniority
• 资本zī běncapital (economics)
• 资产zī chǎnproperty; assets
• 资助zī zhùto subsidize; to provide financial aid; subsidy
• 资深zī shēnsenior; highly experienced; veteran
• 资讯zī xùninformation
• 资本主义zī běn zhǔ yìcapitalism
• 资产阶级zī chǎn jiē jíthe capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
• 资本家zī běn jiācapitalist
• 资费zī fèi(postal, telecom etc) service charge
• 资质zī zhìaptitude; natural endowments
• 资历zī lìqualifications; experience; seniority
• 资本市场zī běn shì chǎngcapital market
• 资本论Zī běn lùnDas Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx 卡爾·卡尔·马克思
• 资料库zī liào kù(Taiwan; computing) database
• 资治通鉴Zī zhì Tōng jiànA Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast…
• 资安zī ān(Taiwan) information security (abbr. for 资讯安全
• 资工zī gōngabbr. of 资讯工程
• 资政zī zhèng(literary) to assist in governing the country…
• 资方zī fāngthe owners of a private enterprise; management; capital (as opposed to labor)
• 资用zī yòng(physics) available

Words containing 资

• 投资tóu zīinvestment; to invest
• 工资gōng zīwages; pay
• 物资wù zīgoods; supplies
• 投资者tóu zī zhěinvestor
• 外资wài zīforeign investment; foreign capital
• 师资shī zīqualified teacher
• 固定资产gù dìng zī chǎnfixed assets
• 融资róng zīfinancing
• 合资hé zījoint venture
• 出资chū zīto fund; to put money into sth; to invest
• 邮资yóu zīpostage
• 集资jí zīto raise money; to accumulate funds
• 投资人tóu zī réninvestor
• 招商引资zhāo shāng yǐn zīinvestment promotion
• 巨资jù zīhuge investment; vast sum
• 劳资láo zīlabor and capital; workers and capitalists
• 耗资hào zīto spend; expenditure; to cost
• 国资委Guó zī wěiState-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC)…
• 自然资源zì rán zī yuánnatural resource
• 生产资料shēng chǎn zī liàomeans of production
• 筹资chóu zīto raise resources
• 走资派zǒu zī pàicapitalist roader…
• 独资dú zīwholly-owned (often by foreign company); exclusive investment
• 捐资juān zīto contribute funds

Characters built on 次

These share the phonetic component 次 (cì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 咨zī(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 茨cíCaltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 恣zìto abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
• 佽cìnimble; to help
• 絘cìancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
• 趑zīto falter; unable to move

Characters that look like 资

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand
• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 曹cáoclass or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 莆púused in 莆田
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯

Sounds the same

Read zī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咨(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 姿beauty; disposition; looks
• 滋to grow; to nourish; to increase
• 兹(literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
• 缁Buddhists; black silk; dark
• 孜used in 孜孜
• 仔used in 仔肩
• 吱(onomatopoeia) chirp; squeak; creak
• 谘simplified form of 諮…
• 龇to bare (one's teeth)
• 淄black; name of a river
• 孳industrious; produce; bear