投資

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See also: 投资

Chinese

to throw; to send
resources; capital; to provide
resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
 
trad. (投資) 投 資
simp. (投资) 投 资

Pronunciation

Verb

投資

  1. to invest (money); to invest in; to make an investment
    投資信心／投资信心  ―  tóuzī xìnxīn  ―  investor confidence
    投資主體／投资主体  ―  tóuzī zhǔtǐ  ―  investor entity
    投資機構／投资机构  ―  tóuzī jīgòu  ―  investing institution
    投資總是有風險因素。 [MSC, trad.]
    投资总是有风险因素。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tóuzī zǒngshì yǒu fēngxiǎn yīnsù.
    There is always an element of risk when making an investment.
    你只需要先投資50塊，然後很快就可以回本了。 [MSC, trad.]
    你只需要先投资50块，然后很快就可以回本了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zhǐ xūyào xiān tóuzī wǔshí kuài, ránhòu hěn kuài jiù kěyǐ huíběn le.
    You only need an initial investment of 50 dollars, and you can get that back very quickly.

Noun

投資

  1. investment (of money) (Classifier: 筆／笔)
    股權投資／股权投资  ―  gǔquán tóuzī  ―  equity investment
    投資退出／投资退出  ―  tóuzī tuìchū  ―  investment exit
    投資准入／投资准入  ―  tóuzī zhǔnrù  ―  investment access
    投資方案／投资方案  ―  tóuzī fāng'àn  ―  investment plan
    投資邏輯／投资逻辑  ―  tóuzī luójí  ―  investment logic
    加大投資／加大投资  ―  jiādà tóuzī  ―  to increase investment
    吸引外商投資／吸引外商投资  ―  xīyǐn wàishāng tóuzī  ―  to attract foreign investment
    有人建議他要分散投資方向。 [MSC, trad.]
    有人建议他要分散投资方向。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng.
    He was advised to diversify his investments.

Usage notes

投資／投资 (tóuzī) can only refer to the investment of money; for the investment of time, energy and other things, use 投入 (tóurù).

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
投 資
とう
Grade: 3 		し
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

投(とう)資(し) • (tōshi) 

  1. investment

Verb

投(とう)資(し)する • (tōshi suru) transitive suru (stem 投(とう)資(し)し (tōshi shi), past 投(とう)資(し)した (tōshi shita))

  1. invest, speculate
    株(かぶ)にお金(かね)を投資(とうし)する
    kabu ni okane o tōshi suru
    invest money in stock

Conjugation

Conjugation of "投資する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 投資し とうしし tōshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 投資し とうしし tōshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 投資する とうしする tōshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 投資する とうしする tōshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 投資すれ とうしすれ tōshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 投資せよ¹
投資しろ² 		とうしせよ¹
とうししろ² 		tōshi seyo¹
tōshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 投資される とうしされる tōshi sareru
Causative 投資させる
投資さす 		とうしさせる
とうしさす 		tōshi saseru
tōshi sasu
Potential 投資できる とうしできる tōshi dekiru
Volitional 投資しよう とうししよう tōshi shiyō
Negative 投資しない とうししない tōshi shinai
Negative continuative 投資せず とうしせず tōshi sezu
Formal 投資します とうしします tōshi shimasu
Perfective 投資した とうしした tōshi shita
Conjunctive 投資して とうしして tōshi shite
Hypothetical conditional 投資すれば とうしすれば tōshi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 投資／投资 (tóuzī)
  • → Korean: 투자 (tuja)
  • → Vietnamese: đầu tư

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
投資

Noun

投資 • (tuja) (hangeul 투자)

  1. Hanja form? of 투자 (“investment”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
投資

Verb

投資

  1. chữ Hán form of đầu tư (“to invest”).
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