私有制

sīyǒuzhì

noun #93,834

Meanings

1 private ownership (of property / means of production)
2 private-property system

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Examples

马克思主义主张消灭生产资料私有制。

Mǎkèsī zhǔyì zhǔzhāng xiāomiè shēngchǎn zīliào sīyǒuzhì.

Marxism advocates the abolition of private ownership of the means of production.

改革开放后，私有制经济得到了很大发展。

Gǎigé kāifàng hòu, sīyǒuzhì jīngjì dédàole hěn dà fāzhǎn.

After Reform and Opening Up, the private-ownership economy developed substantially.

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A core term in political economy and Marxist theory. Its opposite is 公有制 (gōngyǒuzhì, public ownership). You'll meet both constantly in Chinese economics, politics, and history textbooks.

Stroke Order

私 sī

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制 zhì