本钱
běnqián
capital; resources; basis for doing something
Characters in this word
钱 qián
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 创业初期最大的本钱不是资金，而是团队解决问题的能力。 Chuàngyè chūqī zuì dà de běnqián bú shì zījīn, ér shì tuánduì jiějué wèntí de nénglì. In the early stage of a start-up, the greatest capital is not money but the team's ability to solve problems.
- 他没有多少本钱，只能先开一家小小的面馆。 Tā méiyǒu duōshao běnqián, zhǐ néng xiān kāi yì jiā xiǎoxiǎo de miànguǎn. He doesn't have much capital, so he can only open a small noodle shop first.
- 年轻就是你最大的本钱，别怕从头开始。 Niánqīng jiù shì nǐ zuì dà de běnqián, bié pà cóngtóu kāishǐ. Youth is your greatest asset, so don't be afraid to start from scratch.
Related words
- 本 běn measure word for books; root
- 本子 běnzi notebook, exercise book
- 课本 kèběn textbook
- 笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook
- 本来 běnlái originally; at first
- 本领 běnlǐng skill; ability
- 本事 běnshi ability; skill
- 根本 gēnběn simply; basic
- 基本 jīběn basic
- 基本上 jīběnshang basically; mostly
- 本科 běnkē undergraduate studies
- 本人 běnrén oneself