HSK 5 · Money

资源 zīyuán “resources” in Chinese

Traditional 資源

What 资源 means

  1. resources
  2. natural resources
  3. natural resource (such as water or minerals)
  4. resource (such as manpower or tourism)

How to say 资源

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale源yuán2nd tone, rising

资源 in a sentence

  1. 互联网是一种无法估量的信息资源。

    Hùliánwǎng shì yì zhǒng wúfǎ gūliang de xìnxī zīyuán.

    The internet is an invaluable source of information.

    Sentence #335324 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 美国的自然资源很丰富。

    Měiguó de zìrán zīyuán hěn fēngfù.

    The United States is rich in natural resources.

    Sentence #334791 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那个国家拥有丰富的矿物资源。

    Nà ge guójiā yōngyǒu fēngfù de kuàngwù zīyuán.

    That country is rich in mineral resources.

    Sentence #373387 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 资源 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 源 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
源yuánroot
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 原source · yuánSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 原 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

How to write 资源

资 10 strokes · 源 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 资源

Words with 资

工资gōngzī · wages资格zīgé · qualifications资料zīliào · material投资tóuzī · investment资金zījīn · funds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 源

能源néngyuán · energy电源diànyuán · power supply根源gēnyuán · root来源láiyuán · source起源qǐyuán · origin源泉yuánquán · source

More words: Money & Economy

账户zhànghù · bank account挣zhèng · to earn (money)支票zhīpiào · cheque资金zījīn · funds昂贵ángguì · expensive本钱běnqián · capital博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition补偿bǔcháng · to compensate

FAQs

资源 (zīyuán) means “resources” or “natural resources”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zīyuán: zī with a 1st tone, then yuán with a 2nd 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, 资源 is written 資源. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ziyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 资源 from the suggestions. Typing ziyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
资源 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.