資源

See also: 资源

Chinese

Etymology 1

		resources; capital; to provide resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense	root; source; origin
trad. (資源)		資	源
simp. (资源)		资	源
2nd round simp.		资沅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-ngièn / chṳ̂-ngiàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chu-goân / chir-goân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ nguang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-yüan²
    • Yale: dz̄-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyuan
    • Palladius: цзыюань (czyjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: jī yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zu'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-guân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ ɡuan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ nguang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ nguâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ ŋuaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

資源

1. resource; asset

   珍惜資源／珍惜资源  ―  zhēnxī zīyuán  ―  to value resources

   種質資源／种质资源  ―  zhǒngzhì zīyuán  ―  germplasm resources

   資源配置／资源配置  ―  zīyuán pèizhì  ―  resource allocation

   大家把這個資源利用好。 [MSC, trad.]
   大家把这个资源利用好。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàjiā bǎ zhège zīyuán lìyòng hǎo. [Pinyin]

   Everyone make good use of this resource.

2. (specifically) natural resource

   資源短缺／资源短缺  ―  zīyuán duǎnquē  ―  scarcity of resources

3. (slang) fund; funding; capital
4. (euphemistic) personal connections
5. (euphemistic, slang) pornography; porn

Synonyms

• (resource): 資材／资材 (zīcái)
• (natural resource):

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• 天然資源／天然资源 (tiānrán zīyuán)
• 富源 (fùyuán)
• 自然資源／自然资源 (zìrán zīyuán)

 

• (fund):

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• 條件／条件 (tiáojiàn)
• 泉幣／泉币 (quánbì) (literary)
• 物質條件／物质条件 (wùzhì tiáojiàn)
• 產業／产业 (chǎnyè)
• 財富／财富 (cáifù)
• 財帛／财帛 (cáibó) (dated)
• 財物／财物 (cáiwù)
• 財產／财产 (cáichǎn)
• 財貝／财贝 (Dungan)
• 財貨／财货 (cáihuò)
• 貨幣／货币 (huòbì)
• 資本／资本 (zīběn)
• 資金／资金 (zījīn)
• 金錢／金钱 (jīnqián)
• 銀彈／银弹 (yíndàn) (figurative)
• 銀錢／银钱 (yínqián)
• 錢幣／钱币 (qiánbì)
• 錢眼／钱眼 (qiányǎn) (figurative)
• 錢財／钱财 (qiáncái)

 

• (personal connections):

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• 人脈／人脉 (rénmài)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 關係／关系

 

• (pornography): 支援 (zhīyuán)

Related terms

• 能源 (néngyuán)

Etymology 2

		Zi River	root; source; origin
trad. (資源)		資	源
simp. (资源)		资	源
2nd round simp.		资沅
Literally: “the source of the Zi River”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zīyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zīyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Zihyuán
    • Wade–Giles: Tzŭ¹-yüan²
    • Yale: Dz̄-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzyyuan
    • Palladius: Цзыюань (Czyjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: jī yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

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Proper noun

資源

1. (～縣) Ziyuan County (a county of Guilin, Guangxi, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
資	源
し Grade: 5	げん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しげん [shíꜜgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

1. resources

   貴(き)重(ちょう)な地(ち)球(きゅう)資(し)源(げん)を有(ゆう)効(こう)活(かつ)用(よう)する

   kichō na chikyū shigen o yūkō katsuyō suru

   effectively use the planet's precious resources

   Synonym: リソース

Derived terms

• 水資源(みずしげん) (mizushigen)
• 天然資源(てんねんしげん) (tennenshigen)