Natural resources (自然资源 zìrán zīyuán) are resources like minerals, forests, water, and land that occur in nature and can be used for producing economic value.
- 自 (zì) as in oneself (自己 zìjǐ) or liberty or freedom (自由 zìyóu); 然 (rán) as in afterward (然后 ránhòu) or though (虽然 suīrán). 自然 (zìrán) as in nature, as in supernature (超自然 chāozìrán).
- 资 (zī) as in capital (资金 zījīn or 资本 zīběn); 源 (yuán) as in source (来源 láiyuán) or energy source (能源 néngyuán). 资源 (zīyuán) means resource, as in renewable resource (可再生能源 kězàishēng zīyuán).