HSK 5 · Money

资金 zījīn “funds” in Chinese

Traditional 資金

What 资金 means

  1. funds
  2. capital

How to say 资金

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale金jīn1st tone, high and level

资金 in a sentence

  1. 谁来为风险投资提供资金？

    Shéi lái wèi fēngxiǎn tóuzī tígōng zījīn?

    Who will provide the funding for the venture?

    Sentence #332673 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 博物馆资金不足，只好关门。

    Bówùguǎn zījīn bùzú, zhǐhǎo guānmén.

    The museum didn’t have enough funds, so it had to close.

    Sentence #520650 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 投资者把他客户的资金窃取了。

    Tóuzīzhě bǎ tā kèhù de zījīn qièqǔ le.

    The investor stole his client’s funds.

    Sentence #1830203 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 资金 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 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 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 资金

资 10 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.

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

Words related to 资金

Words with 资

工资gōngzī · wages资格zīgé · qualifications资料zīliào · material投资tóuzī · investment资源zīyuán · resources资深zīshēn · senior物资wùzī · goods and materials资本zīběn · capital (economics)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund

Words with 金

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus现金xiànjīn · cash黄金huángjīn · gold押金yājīn · deposit金属jīnshǔ · metal基金jījīn · fund金融jīnróng · finance

More words: Money & Economy

涨zhǎng · to rise (of prices账户zhànghù · bank account挣zhèng · to earn (money)支票zhīpiào · cheque资源zīyuán · resources昂贵ángguì · expensive本钱běnqián · capital博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition

FAQs

资金 (zījīn) means “funds” or “capital”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zījīn: zī 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 资金 is written 資金. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zijin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 资金 from the suggestions. Typing zijin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
资金 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.