财产 (cái chǎn) — property, assets, estate (tangible or intangibl… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

财产 is a legal/official term for property and assets — what someone owns. 财富 is wealth in general; 资产 is the accounting/finance term for assets.

noun

propertyassetsestate (tangible or intangible wealth)

Measure word · 笔

Examples

财产。
Tā zuì jìn mài diào le zì jǐ de yì bǐ cái chǎn.
He recently sold a piece of his property.
，财产。
Fū qī jié hūn hòu, cái chǎn shǔ yú liǎng gè rén.
After marriage, the property belongs to both people.
财产。
Zhèng fǔ tōng guò fǎ lǜ bǎo hù měi gè rén de cái chǎn.
The government protects everyone's property through law.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

产chǎnproperty

财 means wealth, and 产 means property or estate; together they name assets.

Characters in this word

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 財; 财 is its simplified writing.

貝才財

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell

Sound part声符shēngfú

才

才cái財cái

Same sound today

The traditional form 財 has 貝 (shell) next to 才, which gives the sound; the simplified 财 is a later shorthand.

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.

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