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資

简资 · 繁資

Mandarin · pinyin zī

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資: Look up this written character
资: zī · property; wealth; capital

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 資. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

money; fund; wealth; capital
expense; cost; fee
money and goods; property; resources
natural endowments; natural gift
qualifications; certificate
material; matter
grain; cereal
to provide; to support
to aid; to assist
to store up; to amass
to obtain; to acquire
sharp; sharp-edged
(～水) name of a river in Hunan Province
a surname

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