资产 zīchǎn property
property; assets
How to remember 资产: 资 wealth + 产 to give birth = property.
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How it is used
- Assets - what an entity owns of value - 固定资产 (gùdìng zīchǎn) fixed assets, 资产负债表 (zīchǎn fùzhài biǎo) balance sheet.
- Accounting/business term for owned value that can generate wealth: 优质资产 (yōuzhì zīchǎn) quality assets.
- Contrast 财产 (cáichǎn), personal/legal property; 资产 is the finance-sheet sense (assets vs liabilities).
Example sentences
- 他有超过一百万美元的资产。 Tā yǒu chāoguò yìbǎiwànměiyuán de zīchǎn.He has over a million dollars in assets.