合资

合資

hézī

noun HSK 7-9 #41,237

Meanings

1 joint venture; joint investment

Characters

joint; together

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

Examples

HSK 4

他们决定合资开一家餐厅。

Tāmen juédìng hézī kāi yìjiā cāntīng.

They decided to jointly invest in opening a restaurant.

HSK 5

这是一家中美合资企业。

Zhè shì yìjiā Zhōng Měi hézī qǐyè.

This is a Sino-American joint venture.

Tips

usage

合资企业 ('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 refers to cars made by joint ventures like VW-SAIC or Toyota-FAW.

Stroke Order

合 hé

资 zī