đầu cơ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 投機, composed of 投 (“to throw out”) and 機 (“chance; opportunity”), from Chinese 投機/投机 (tóujī, “to seize an opportunity”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ kəː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˦˩ kəː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ kəː˧˧]
Verb edit
- (finance) to speculate
- đầu cơ trong ngày ― to day trade (to speculate within the day)
- to seize an opportunity