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资本主义

zīběnzhǔyì

capitalism

A merchant weighs red coins on scales beside a small factory model
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Characters in this word

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
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本 běn

Strokes
5
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

主 zhǔ

Strokes
5
Radical
丶 — dot
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 主

义 yì

Strokes
3
Radical
丿 — falling stroke
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 义

Example phrases

  • 这部著作重新审视了资本主义与技术创新之间的张力。 Zhè bù zhùzuò chóngxīn shěnshì le zīběn zhǔyì yǔ jìshù chuàngxīn zhījiān de zhānglì. This work re-examines the tension between capitalism and technological innovation.
  • 许多国家在资本主义和别的经济模式之间寻找平衡。 Xǔduō guójiā zài zīběnzhǔyì hé biéde jīngjì móshì zhījiān xúnzhǎo pínghéng. Many countries look for a balance between capitalism and other economic models.
  • 市场经济具有资本主义的一些特点。 Shìchǎng jīngjì jùyǒu zīběnzhǔyì de yīxiē tèdiǎn. A market economy has some features of capitalism.

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