HSK 5 · Money

财产 cáichǎn “property” in Chinese

Traditional 財產

What 财产 means

  1. property
  2. assets
  3. estate

Measure word 笔 bǐ · 一笔财产 yì bǐ cáichǎn

How to say 财产

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale财cái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale产chǎn3rd tone, dipping

财产 in a sentence

  1. 他继承了他父亲的财产。

    Tā jìchéng le tā fùqīn de cáichǎn.

    He inherited his father’s property.

    Sentence #397539 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这是我的财产。

    Zhè shì wǒ de cáichǎn.

    This is my property.

    Sentence #757489 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我把我的财产托付给他。

    Wǒ bǎ wǒ de cáichǎn tuōfù gěi tā.

    I entrusted my property to him.

    Sentence #783005 from Tatoeba

How 财产 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 财 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
财cáimoney
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part
  • 才ability · cáiSound part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with cái.

The character 产 (chǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
产chǎnto give birth
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 厂cliff · hǎnSound part

How to write 财产

财 7 strokes · 产 6 strokes

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财产 (cáichǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 财产 (cáichǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 财产

Words with 财

财富cáifù · wealth财务cáiwù · financial affairs财政cáizhèng · public finance发财fācái · to get rich

Words with 产

产生chǎnshēng · to produce生产shēngchǎn · to produce产品chǎnpǐn · product破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt产业chǎnyè · industry盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in资产zīchǎn · assets矿产kuàngchǎn · mineral resources遗产yíchǎn · heritage

More words: Money & Economy

保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance产品chǎnpǐn · product出口chūkǒu · exit兑换duìhuàn · to exchange (money)发票fāpiào · invoice资助zīzhù · to fund总和zǒnghé · sum租赁zūlìn · to rent

FAQs

财产 (cáichǎn) means “property” or “assets”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cáichǎn: cái with a 2nd tone, then chǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 财产 is written 財產. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 笔 (bǐ). For example, one property is 一笔财产 (yì bǐ cáichǎn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caichan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 财产 from the suggestions. Typing caichan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
财产 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.