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撤资 (chè zī) — to withdraw investment, to disinvest

Definition

Means to pull out money that was previously invested in a company, project, or market — a formal, written term (common in business news) rather than everyday speech. Compare with 投资 (invest) and 融资 (raise capital).

verb
to withdraw investmentto disinvest

Examples

  • 撤资。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī jué dìng cóng zhōng guó shì chǎng chè zī.
    This company decided to withdraw its investment from the Chinese market.
  • 。
    Tā men qù nián chè le yí dà bǐ zī.
    They withdrew a large sum of investment last year.
  • 撤资。
    Jīng jì wēi jī dǎo zhì xǔ duō wài zī chè zī.
    The economic crisis caused many foreign investments to be withdrawn.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

撤chèwithdraw
资zīcapital

撤 is to withdraw and 资 is money or investment, so the word means to pull out capital.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
徹
徹chè撤chè
Same sound today

撤 pairs 扌 (hand) with 徹, which gives the sound. The shape shows removing something by hand.

Open 撤 →

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 →
Appears in
Finance & Banking

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