集资 (jí zī): to raise money; to accumulate funds

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to raise money; to accumulate funds
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

to raise money
to accumulate funds

Chinese explanation

把分散的钱集中起来，用于共同的用途或目标。通常指许多人一起出钱，或由组织、单位向众人筹集资金。可以是合法的投资、建设等行为，也可以指未经批准向公众筹钱。

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Character breakdown

HSK 5

to gather

resources; capital; money

Example sentences

In order to build a new school building for the mountain village elementary school, the villagers organized themselves to raise funds and collected 200,000 yuan in just one month.

This startup raised funds from the public through a crowdfunding platform, and the result exceeded its expected goal, obtaining over five million yuan in investment.

Classmate Xiao Wang fell seriously ill and needed a huge surgery fee, so the class monitor initiated a fundraising in the class group chat, and everyone lent a hand.

The city government plans to raise funds to extend the subway line, but some citizens worry that the use of the raised funds is not transparent enough and demand that the accounts be made public.

They wanted to open a café but didn't have enough money, so they decided to raise funds from relatives and friends and promised to repay the principal with interest after one year.

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