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集资 (jí zī) — to raise funds; to collect money (for a specific purpose)

Definition

集资 emphasizes pooling money from many sources for a project. Unlike 捐款 or 募捐 (charitable giving) and 融资 (formal financing), it is neutral on motive and can be legal or illegal.

verb
to raise fundsto collect money (for a specific purpose)

Examples

  • 集资。
    Gōng sī tōng guò fā xíng gǔ piào jí zī.
    The company raised funds by issuing shares.
  • 集资。
    Tā men wèi zāi qū jí zī xiū jiàn xué xiào.
    They raised money to build schools for the disaster area.
  • 集资。
    Fēi fǎ jí zī shì wéi fǎ xíng wéi.
    Illegal fundraising is against the law.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

集jícollect
资zīfunds

集 collect acts on 资 funds, giving the sense of raising money.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

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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.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Finance & Banking

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