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出资 (chū zī) — to fund, to invest, to put money into

Definition

出资 means contributing money to start or back a venture — the money side, not effort. Closer to 投资 (invest, also noun) than 付出 (give effort/time); 集资 is 'raise funds' from many people.

verb
to fundto investto put money into

Examples

  • 出资。
    Tā men gòng tóng chū zī chéng lì le yì jiā xīn gōng sī.
    They jointly funded the establishment of a new company.
  • 出资。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù xū yào gèng duō qǐ yè chū zī.
    This project needs more enterprises to invest.
  • 出资。
    Tā gè rén chū zī le wǔ bǎi wàn yòng yú huán bǎo shì yè.
    He personally invested five million in environmental protection.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

出chūput out
资zīfunds

出 put out and 资 funds combine to mean put money into something.

Characters in this word

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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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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