合资

合資

hézī

noun HSK 7 #41,237

Meanings

1 joint venture; joint investment

Characters

joint; together

Literally 'joint capital' — pooling money together for a business.

Examples

这是一家中美合资企业。

Zhè shì yì jiā Zhōng-Měi hézī qǐyè.

This is a Sino-American joint venture.

他们决定合资开一家餐厅。

Tāmen juédìng hézī kāi yì jiā cāntīng.

They decided to jointly invest in opening a restaurant.

Tips

usage

合资企业 (hézī qǐyè, 'joint venture enterprise') was a huge concept during China's economic opening. Many foreign companies could only enter China through joint ventures with local partners. 合资车 (hézī chē) refers to cars made by joint ventures like VW-SAIC or Toyota-FAW.

Stroke Order

合 hé

资 zī