投機

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See also: 投机

Chinese

		to throw; to send	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (投機)		投	機
simp. (投机)		投	机

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóujī

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ gei¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tâu-ki / tiô-ki / tô͘-ki

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ gi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóujī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóuji
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-chi¹
  - Yale: tóu-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourji
  - Palladius: тоуцзи (touczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ gei¹
  - Yale: tàuh gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tâu-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dau'ky
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tiô-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioi'ky
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: do'ky
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Note: tô͘-ki - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁵ gi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu ki
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ki³³/

Verb

投機

to seize an opportunity
(finance) to speculate; to engage in financial speculation

Derived terms

投機倒把／投机倒把 (tóujī dǎobǎ)
投機分子／投机分子 (tóujī fènzǐ)
投機取巧／投机取巧 (tóujīqǔqiǎo)
酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多／酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多 (jiǔ féng zhījǐ qiān bēi shào, huà bù tóujī bàn jù duō)

Adjective

投機

congenial; agreeable

Japanese

Kanji in this term
投	機
とう Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 投機 (tóujī, “stone-throwing weapon; to make good use of opportunities to benefit/profit”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーき (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

投(とう)機(き) • (tōki)

(business, finance) speculation (investment involving higher-than-normal risk)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 投機／投机 (tóujī)
→ Korean: 투기 (tugi)
→ Vietnamese: đầu cơ

See also

投(とう)資(し) (tōshi)

References

^ 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

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