资本 (資本)
zī běn
Pinyin

Definition

资本 (資本)
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zī běn
  1. capital (economics)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

基本
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
本
běn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 stem
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 this
  6. 6 the current
  7. 7 original
  8. 8 inherent
  9. 9 originally
  10. 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
本人
běn rén
  1. 1 the person himself
  2. 2 I (humble form used in speeches)
  3. 3 oneself
  4. 4 myself
  5. 5 in person
  6. 6 personal
本来
běn lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 originally
  3. 3 at first
  4. 4 it goes without saying
  5. 5 of course

Idioms (12)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
  1. 1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
  1. 1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

也不能说是弊端，只能说，确实有了更多的挑战。人民币成为国际储备货币之后，需要承担国际资本流动的责任，承担责任就意味着承担风险。贬值升值都只是一时的波动。
yě bùnéng shuō shì bìduān ，zhǐnéng shuō ，quèshí yǒu le gèngduō de tiǎozhàn 。rénmínbì chéngwéi guójì chǔbèi huòbì zhīhòu ，xūyào chéngdān guójì zīběn liúdòng de zérèn ，chéngdān zérèn jiù yìwèi zhe chéngdān fēngxiǎn 。biǎnzhí shēngzhí dōu zhī shì yīshí de bōdòng 。
I wouldn't say disadvantages, but there may be some challenges. After the renminbi becomes an international reserve currency, it will need to take responsibility for international capital flow. Taking responsibility means taking on risks. Depreciation and growth in value are just brief fluctuations.
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是啊！当时上海连签证都不要，外国人能自由出入。好多在国外混得平平的人，在上海白手起家，成了大资本家。相比之下，国内来上海讨生活的人就艰苦多了。好多人都是生活在最底层的苦力或是小商贩。
shì a ！dāngshí Shànghǎi lián qiānzhèng dōu bù yào ，wàiguórén néng zìyóu chūrù 。hǎoduō zài guówài hùn de píngpíng de rén ，zài Shànghǎi báishǒuqǐjiā ，chéng le dà zīběnjiā 。xiāngbǐzhīxià ，guónèi lái Shànghǎi tǎo shēnghuó de rén jiù jiānkù duō le 。hǎoduō rén dōu shì shēnghuó zài zuì dīcéng de kǔlì huòshì xiǎo shāngfàn 。
Yeah! At that time, you didn't even need a visa to come to Shanghai. Foreigners could come and go at will. A lot of people who were just muddling along came here from abroad. Starting from scratch, they became big capitalists. In comparison, Chinese who came to Shanghai to make their living had it a lot tougher. A lot of people lived on the lowest level of society, doing hard manual labor or working as small merchants.
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这是资本家在毫无底线地压榨员工呀，你怎么能这么逆来顺受呢。
zhèshì zīběnjiā zài háowú dǐxiàn de yāzhà yuángōng ya ，nǐ zěnme néng zhème nìláishùnshòu ne 。
This is a capitalist who exploits his staff without any bottom line. How can you resign to this fate?
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难怪你发不了财。中国股市现在是几十年不遇的大牛市，民间资本雄厚，再加上08年的奥运会和10年的世博会，至少还有两三年的涨势。所以今年我一口气买了好几支股票。
nánguài nǐ fābuliǎocái 。Zhōngguó gǔshì xiànzài shì jǐshínián bùyù de dà niúshì ，mínjiān zīběn xiónghòu ，zài jiāshàng líng bā nián de Àoyùnhuì hé yī líng nián de Shìbóhuì ，zhìshǎo hái yǒu liǎng sān nián de zhǎngshì 。suǒyǐ jīnnián wǒ yīkǒuqì mǎi le hǎojǐ zhī gǔpiào 。
No wonder you aren't rich. The Chinese stock market is in its biggest bull market in the last dozen years. Between the extraordinary mass of public capital, and then the 2008 Olympics and 2010 World Fair, there will be growth for at least two to three years. So I took the plunge and bought a lot of stock this year.
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资本主义国家嘛，什么都跟钱挂钩，连军人都职业化了。听说工资还不低呢，退伍以后政府还会给他们提供工作机会。
zīběnzhǔyì guójiā ma ，shénme dōu gēn qián ，lián jūnrén dōu zhíyèhuà le 。tīngshuō gōngzī hái bù dī ne ，tuìwǔ yǐhòu zhèngfǔ hái huì gěi tāmen tígōng gōngzuò jīhuì 。
Everything's tied to money in capitalist countries; even military service has become a profession. I've heard that not only is the salary pretty high, but the government will also provide you with job opportunities after you've served.
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我坚信资本主义。
wǒ jiānxìn zīběnzhǔyì 。
I strongly believe in capitalism.
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怎么不是？中国以前是世界工厂，现在我们累积了足够的资本，自己开厂，而且是世界的市场。接下来全球经济发展，就看我们中国了。
zěnme bùshì ？Zhōngguó yǐqián shì shìjiè gōngchǎng ，xiànzài wǒmen lěijī le zúgòu de zīběn ，zìjǐ kāi chǎng ，érqiě shì shìjiè de shìchǎng 。jiēxiàlái quánqiújīngjì fāzhǎn ，jiù kàn wǒmen Zhōngguó le 。
Of course! China used to be the Factory of the World. Now we've accumulated enough capital to open factories, and we're the Market of the World. In the future, worldwide economic development will depend on China!
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那是中国人太谦虚了。我们觉得是自大，其实顶多就是自信。再说，有什么国家能几十年发展成中国这样？我们完全有资本自信。你看温州商人以前条件多差？全是靠自己赤手空拳打拼出来的。他们现在有钱了，爱买什么买什么。
nàshì Zhōngguórén tài qiānxū le 。wǒmen juéde shì zìdà ，qíshí dǐngduō jiùshì zìxìn 。zàishuō ，yǒu shénme guójiā néng jǐshínián fāzhǎn chéng Zhōngguó zhèyàng ？wǒmen wánquán yǒu zīběn zìxìn 。nǐ kàn Wēnzhōu shāngrén yǐqián tiáojiàn duō chà ？quán shì kào zìjǐ chìshǒukōngquán dǎpīn chūlai de 。tāmen xiànzài yǒuqián le ，ài mǎi shénme mǎi shénme 。
That's excessive Chinese modesty. We feel like it's overconfidence, when at most, it's self-confidence. And furthermore, what other countries could develop for decades the way China has? We have every right to be self-confident. Look how lousy Wenzhou business people had it in the past. They got rich entirely by pulling themselves up by the bootstraps. Now they're rich, and they can buy whatever they like.
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我真怀念以前，大家工资差不多，人人都是无产阶级。现在真是另外一个世界。有钱人坐头等舱，开进口车，住别墅。过的真是资本家的日子。
wǒ zhēn huáiniàn yǐqián ，dàjiā gōngzī chàbuduō ，rénrén dōu shì wúchǎn jiējí 。xiànzài zhēnshì lìngwài yī ge shìjiè 。yǒuqián rén zuò tóuděng cāng ，kāi jìnkǒu chē ，zhù biéshù 。guò de zhēnshì zīběnjiā de rìzi 。
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是啊。对于外商来说，中国丰富的人力资源和自然资源也是他们选择在中国开拓市场的重要原因之一。况且中国市场也极具消费潜力，你只需投入少量的资本，就可以获得丰厚的利润，也难怪有这么多国际大型企业都争先恐后地来抢占中国市场。
shì ā 。duìyú wàishāng láishuō ，Zhōngguó fēngfù de rénlìzīyuán hé zìrán zīyuán yě shì tāmen xuǎnzé zài Zhōngguó kāituò shìcháng de zhòngyào yuányīn zhīyī 。kuàngqiě Zhōngguó shìcháng yě jí jù xiāofèi qiánlì ，nǐ zhǐxū tóurù shǎoliàng de zīběn ，jiù kěyǐ huòdé Fēng Hòu de lìrùn ，yě nánguài yǒu zhème duō guójì dàxíngqǐyè dōu zhēngxiānkǒnghòu de lái qiāngzhàn Zhōngguó shìcháng 。
Yeah. Another big reason foreign investors are choosing to open the Chinese market are China's abundant human and natural resources. Plus, the Chinese market has huge consumption potential.You only need to make a small investment and you can get great profits. It's no wonder there are so many large international companies vying to be the first to lock up the Chinese market.
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