zī chǎn
property; means; capital
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我的资产包括房子、车子和存款。
Wǒ de zīchǎn bāo kuò fáng zi, chē zi hé cún kuǎn.
My assets include a house, a car, and savings.
公司的资产负债表显示，公司的资产总额为1000万元。
Gōng sī de zī chǎn fù zhai biǎo xiǎn shì, gōng sī de zī chǎn zǒng é wèi 1000 wàn yuán.
The company's balance sheet shows that the company's total assets are 10 million yuan.
银行的资产主要包括贷款、债券和股票。
Yín háng de zī chǎn zhǔ yào bāo kuò dài kuǎn, zhài quàn hé gǔ piào.
The bank's assets mainly include loans, bonds, and stocks.
财产 (cái chǎn)
property
财富 (cái fù)
wealth
负债 (fù zhai)
liability
亏损 (kuī sǔn)
loss
The Chinese word 资产 (zìchǎn) is composed of two characters: 资 (zī) and 产 (chǎn). The character 资 originally meant "wealth" or "property", and was often used in the context of financial resources or assets. The character 产 originally meant "to give birth" or "to produce", and was often used in the context of agricultural production or economic output. Over time, the two characters came to be combined to form the word 资产, which took on the meaning of "assets" in the financial sense. In modern Chinese, 资产 is used to refer to the total value of a person or organization's financial resources, including cash, investments, and other assets that can be converted into cash.
