本金

běnjīn
  1. capital
  2. principal

CEDICT

capital; principal

Wiktionary

  1. 借给他人以收取利息的母金。
  2. 经营事业所投下的资本。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 本 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
2 金 jīn
  1. gold
  2. chemical element Au
  3. generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
  4. money
  5. golden
  6. highly respected
  7. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn

Related entries

京都 jīngdū capital (of a country)
京都值得游览。

Kyoto is worth visiting.

Source: Tatoeba

本钱 běnqián
  1. capital
  2. (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
柱头 zhùtóu
  1. (architecture) capital
  2. column head
  3. (botany) stigma
栌 lú
  1. capital (of column)
  2. smoke tree
老本 lǎoběn
  1. capital
  2. assets
  3. savings
  4. nest egg
  5. (fig.) reputation
  6. laurels (to rest upon)
  7. old edition of a book
  8. (tree) trunk
资本 zīběn capital (economics)
公司由于缺乏资本倒闭了。

The firm went under due to lack of capital.

Source: Tatoeba

首都 shǒudū capital (city)

classifier: 個

首都天气有雨。

The weather in the capital is rainy.

Source: Tatoeba

资 zī
  1. resources
  2. capital
  3. to provide
  4. to supply
  5. to support
  6. money
  7. expense
即使我拿不到高工资，我也不肯放弃这个饭碗。

Even if I don't get a high salary, I'm not willing to quit this way of making a living.

Source: Tatoeba

资方 zīfāng
  1. the owners of a private enterprise
  2. management
  3. capital (as opposed to labor)
正 zhèng
  1. straight
  2. upright
  3. proper
  4. main
  5. principal
  6. to correct
  7. to rectify
  8. exactly
  9. just (at that time)
  10. right (in that place)
  11. (math.) positive
她正忙。

She's busy.

Source: Tatoeba