běn
zhǔ

HSK 7-9
technical
common

Meaning of 资本主义

资本主义 means capitalism; a social system in which capitalists own the means of production and exploit wage labor to appropriate surplus value. Pronounced zī běn zhǔ yì. HSK 7-9.

  • capitalism; a social system in which capitalists own the means of production and exploit wage labor to appropriate surplus value

Definitions & Examples

běn
zhǔ
zhǎn
dào
zuì
gāo
jiē
duàn
 
jiù
chéng
wéi
lǒng
duàn
běn
zhǔ
 
guó
zhǔ
 

When capitalism develops to its highest stage, it becomes monopoly capitalism, that is, imperialism.

Zài
běn
zhǔ
zhì
xià
 
shēng
chǎn
liào
guī
běn
jiā
rén
zhàn
yǒu
 

Under the capitalist system, the means of production are privately owned by capitalists.

Zhè
zhǒng
shēng
chǎn
shè
huì
huà
shēng
chǎn
liào
rén
zhàn
yǒu
zhī
jiān
de
máo
dùn
 
shì
běn
zhǔ
shè
huì
de
běn
máo
dùn
 

The contradiction between the socialization of production and the private ownership of the means of production is the fundamental contradiction of capitalist society.