净资产 (jìng zī chǎn) — net assets

Definition

noun
net assets

Examples

  • 净资产。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de jìng zī chǎn bǐ qù nián duō le hěn duō.
    This company's net assets are much more than last year.
  • 净资产。
    Tā de gè rén jìng zī chǎn chāo guò le wǔ bǎi wàn yuán.
    His personal net assets exceed five million yuan.
  • 净资产。
    jìng zī chǎn Shì pàn duàn qǐ yè cái wù zhuàng kuàng de zhòng yào shù jù.
    Net assets are important data for judging a company's financial situation.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

净jìngnet
资产assets
资zīresources产chǎnproperty
联合Side by side

净资产 is 资产 that is 净, with 资 and 产 both meaning resources or property.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 净 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 資; 资 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell-money
Sound part声符shēngfú
次
次cì資zī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 資 puts 次 above 貝, a shell-money sign, to write property or resource; 次 supplies the sound. The simplified 资 is a shorthand, so do not treat its parts as historical.

Open 资 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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