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合资

hézī

to invest jointly; joint venture

Two people put coins into one shared jar
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Characters in this word

合 hé

Strokes
6
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
亼 to assemble, to gather together 口 mouth

资 zī

Strokes
10
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
次 order, sequence 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 资

Example phrases

  • 两家公司决定合资建设研发中心,以分担前期风险。 Liǎng jiā gōngsī juédìng hézī jiànshè yánfā zhōngxīn, yǐ fēndān qiánqī fēngxiǎn. The two companies decided to jointly invest in a research and development centre in order to share early-stage risks.
  • 这家工厂是两个公司合资建成的。 Zhè jiā gōngchǎng shì liǎng gè gōngsī hézī jiànchéng de. This factory was built as a joint investment by two companies.
  • 几个老朋友合资办了一个小型的茶叶公司。 Jǐ ge lǎo péngyou hézī bàn le yí gè xiǎoxíng de cháyè gōngsī. A few old friends pooled their money to set up a small tea company.

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