资产 (zī chǎn) — assets; property | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Assets, typically in business or accounting — both tangible and intangible. Broader than 不动产 ('real estate only'); more formal and financial than 财产 ('property, estate').

noun

assetsproperty

Examples

资产。
Tā de gè rén zī chǎn bāo kuò xiàn jīn hé cún kuǎn.
His personal assets include cash and deposits.
资产。
Zhè jiā gōng sī zhèng zài chū shòu qí bù fen zī chǎn.
This company is selling off some of its assets.
资产。
Píng gū zī chǎn de jià zhí hěn zhòng yào.
Evaluating the value of assets is very important.

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zīresources

产chǎnproperty

资 and 产 both concern resources and property, so the word means assets.

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.

次貝資

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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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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

生生shēngto be born

Sound part声符shēngfú

彥

彥yàn產chǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

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