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资助 (zī zhù) — to subsidize; to provide financial aid

Definition

资助 means to provide ongoing financial aid to people or programs (often schools, students, the poor). It focuses on sustained support for individuals/groups, while 赞助 backs events or projects, and 援助 is more formal/official.

verb
to subsidizeto provide financial aid

Examples

  • 资助。
    Zhèng fǔ zī zhù le hěn duō jiào yù xiàng mù.
    The government subsidized many educational programs.
  • 资助。
    Zhè ge zǔ zhī měi nián zī zhù shí míng pín kùn xué shēng.
    This organization subsidizes ten impoverished students every year.
  • 资助。
    Tā men dé dào le lái zì qǐ yè de zī zhù.
    They received financial aid from enterprises.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

资zīprovide funds
助zhùhelp

资助 joins 资 and 助, providing funds and helping.

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 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrong arm
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě助zhù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

助 pairs 力, a strong arm, with 且, which gives the sound; the meaning is help with strength.

Open 助 →
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