資源

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Chinese

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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

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.
    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
  • (fund):
  • (personal connections):
  • (pornography): 支援 (zhīyuán)
Derived terms

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

Proper noun

資源

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
資 源
し
Grade: 5 		げん
Grade: 6
on’yomi kan’on
 資源 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

資(し)源(げん) • (shigen) ←しげん (sigen)?

  1. resources
    Synonym: リソース (risōsu)
    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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
資源

Noun

資源 • (jawon) (hangeul 자원)

  1. Hanja form? of 자원 (“resource”).
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