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合资 (hé zī) — to form a joint venture; to pool capital (with a partner)

Definition

合资 means two or more companies invest capital together to run a business as partners (a joint venture). Closely related to 合作 (to cooperate in general) and 合伙 (to partner up), but specifically refers to pooling capital into one company.

verb
to form a joint ventureto pool capital (with a partner)

Examples

  • 合资。
    Tā men jué dìng hé zī kāi yì jiā xīn gōng sī.
    They decided to form a joint venture to open a new company.
  • 。
    Zhè liǎng jiā gōng sī yǐ jīng hé guò zī le.
    These two companies have already formed a joint venture.
  • 合资。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zhèng zài hé wài guó gōng sī hé zī.
    This company is currently forming a joint venture with a foreign company.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

合hépool
资zīcapital

合 means to pool and 资 means capital, so the sense is to pool capital together.

Characters in this word

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

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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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 7-9

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