融资 róngzī financing
How to remember 融资: 融 to melt + 资 wealth = financing.
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How it is used
- Financing / raising capital - 企业融资 (qǐyè róngzī) corporate financing; A轮融资 (A lún róngzī) Series A funding.
- Business/finance register; the verb-object sense is 'to raise funds'.
- Distinct from 投资 (tóuzī, to invest): 融资 is the company *getting* money; 投资 is putting money *in*.