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资本 zīběn

资本 zīběn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 资本 zīběn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zīběn | zi1 ben3
English translation
capital (economics)

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Traditional form

資本

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 资本 zīběn

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Bèi

Positional decomposition

次贝

Number of Strokes

10
běn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Addition of a horizontal line toward the bottom of (tree) to represent the roots of the tree.

Positional decomposition

木一

Number of Strokes

5

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zài xià jiē Zhōng 我们 wǒmen jiāng 考虑 kǎolǜ 国际 guójì 资本 zīběn de 流量 liú liàng .

In the next section we shall ignore international capital flows.

整个 zhěnggè 欧洲 Ōuzhōu 资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì 马上 mǎshàng jiù huì 分崩瓦解 wǎjiě .

Any day now the whole of European capitalism may crash.

de 资本 zīběn bèi piàn guāng le ,回到 huí dào 家里 jiā lǐ .

He came home shorn of his capital.

那么 nà me 这个 zhè ge xīng xuè zhǎo de 资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì 国度 guó dù duì 有何反应 fǎnyìng ne ?

And the reaction in the land of capitalism red in tooth and claw?

那么 nà me 这个 zhè ge xīng xuè zhǎo de 资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì 国度 guó dù duì 有何反应 fǎnyìng ne ?——决然 de 对此嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí .

And the reaction in the land of capitalism red in tooth and claw? Decidedly sniffy.

资本 zīběn Decomposition

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资本 zīběn Compounds

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