Definition
资本 (zīběn) is the economic term for 'capital' as a factor of production (money, equipment, assets used to generate wealth). It is distinct from 资金 (zījīn), which refers to 'funds' or liquid money available for a specific purpose, and from 本钱 (běnqián), which is everyday spoken 'capital' for starting a business. Do not confuse it with 首都 (shǒudū), which means 'capital city'.
noun
capital (in economics)
Examples
- 资本。Gōngsī xūyào xīyǐn gèng duō zī běn lái kuòdà yèwù.The company needs to attract more capital to expand its business.
- ，资本。Zài jīngjìxué zhōng, zī běn shì shēngchǎn yàosù zhī yī.In economics, capital is one of the factors of production.
- 资本。Tāmen yòng zhè bǐ zī běn tóuzī le xīn xiàngmù.They used this capital to invest in a new project.
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