HSK 6 · Money

基金 jījīn “fund” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 基金 means

  1. fund
  2. foundation

How to say 基金

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale基jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale金jīn1st tone, high and level

基金 in a sentence

  1. 他因滥用公共基金而被捕。

    Tā yīn lànyòng gōnggòng jījīn ér bèibǔ.

    He was arrested for misusing public funds.

    Sentence #2033413 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 国际货币基金组织不考虑再借款给该国。

    Guójì Huòbì Jījīn Zǔzhī bù kǎolǜ zài jièkuǎn gěi gāi guó.

    The IMF won’t consider lending to that country again.

    Sentence #332919 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 基金 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 基 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
基jībase; foundation
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.

The character 金 (jīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
金jīngold
  • 人person · rén
  • 王king · wáng
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

How to write 基金

基 11 strokes · 金 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 基金

Words with 基

基础jīchǔ · base基本jīběn · basic基地jīdì · base (of operations)基因jīyīn · gene

Words with 金

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus现金xiànjīn · cash黄金huángjīn · gold押金yājīn · deposit资金zījīn · funds金属jīnshǔ · metal金融jīnróng · finance

More words: Money & Economy

加工jiāgōng · to process缴纳jiǎonà · to pay (taxes or fees)交易jiāoyì · transaction结算jiésuàn · to settle accounts精打细算jīngdǎxìsuàn · careful budgeting经费jīngfèi · funds金融jīnróng · finance集团jítuán · group

FAQs

基金 (jījīn) means “fund” or “foundation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jījīn: jī with a 1st tone, then jīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 基金 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jijin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 基金 from the suggestions. Typing jijin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
基金 is an HSK 6 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.