HSK 6 · Money

资本 zīběn “capital (economics)” in Chinese

Traditional 資本

What 资本 means

  1. capital (economics)

How to say 资本

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale资zī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale本běn3rd tone, dipping

资本 in a sentence

  1. 公司由于缺乏资本倒闭了。

    Gōngsī yóuyú quēfá zīběn dǎobì le.

    The company went under due to a lack of capital.

    Sentence #793951 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们需要资本。

    Wǒmen xūyào zīběn.

    We need capital.

    Sentence #8930186 from Tatoeba

  3. 健康是我唯一的资本。

    Jiànkāng shì wǒ wéiyī de zīběn.

    My health is my only capital.

    Sentence #2023470 from Tatoeba

How 资本 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 资 (zī) with each of its parts in a different colour
资zīresources
  • 次order · cìSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 次 (cì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zī.

The character 本 (běn) with each of its parts in a different colour
本běnroot; stem
  • 木tree · mù
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA tree 木 with a mark 一 on its roots: root, origin.

How to write 资本

资 10 strokes · 本 5 strokes

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

Words related to 资本

Words with 资

工资gōngzī · wages资格zīgé · qualifications资料zīliào · material投资tóuzī · investment资金zījīn · funds资源zīyuán · resources资深zīshēn · senior物资wùzī · goods and materials资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund

Words with 本

本běn · measure word for books本子běnzi · book课本kèběn · textbook笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook本来běnlái · original根本gēnběn · (not) at all本科běnkē · undergraduate course本领běnlǐng · skill本质běnzhì · essence基本jīběn · basic

More words: Money & Economy

支出zhīchū · expenditure周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover专利zhuānlì · patent转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund总和zǒnghé · sum租赁zūlìn · to rent

FAQs

资本 (zīběn) means “capital (economics)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zīběn: zī with a 1st tone, then běn 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, 资本 is written 資本. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ziben with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 资本 from the suggestions. Typing ziben into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
资本 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.