出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出资
chūzī
to invest; to provide funds
Characters in this word
资 zī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 地方政府与民营企业共同出资，修复了这片历史街区。 Dìfāng zhèngfǔ yǔ mínyíng qǐyè gòngtóng chūzī, xiūfù le zhè piàn lìshǐ jiēqū. The local government and private enterprises jointly provided funds to restore this historic district.
- 几位老同学一起出资，开了一家咖啡馆。 Jǐ wèi lǎo tóngxué yìqǐ chūzī, kāi le yì jiā kāfēiguǎn. A few old classmates put in money together and opened a cafe.
- 这所学校是由一位热心的老人出资建起来的。 Zhè suǒ xuéxiào shì yóu yí wèi rèxīn de lǎorén chūzī jiàn qǐlái de. This school was built with funds provided by a kind-hearted old man.