无形资产

無形資產

wúxíng zīchǎn

noun

Meanings

1 intangible assets
2 non-physical assets (patents, trademarks, goodwill)

Characters

property; asset

Examples

品牌是公司最重要的无形资产之一。

Pǐnpái shì gōngsī zuì zhòngyào de wúxíng zīchǎn zhīyī.

The brand is one of the company's most important intangible assets.

专利权属于无形资产。

Zhuānlìquán shǔyú wúxíng zīchǎn.

Patent rights count as intangible assets.

Tips

usage

Accounting term. 无形 'without form' contrasts with 有形资产 (tangible assets — buildings, machinery, inventory). In Chinese balance sheets, 无形资产 is its own line item covering patents, trademarks, copyrights, software, land-use rights, and goodwill (商誉).

Stroke Order

无 wú

形 xíng

资 zī

产 chǎn