投資

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuzī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ zi¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thèu-chṳ̂

  (Meixian, Guangdong): têu² zi¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-chu / tâu-chir / tâu-chi / tiô-chir

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuzī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuzih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tzŭ¹
    • Yale: tóu-dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtzy
    • Palladius: тоуцзы (touczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: tàuh jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ zii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu² zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: têu² zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chu
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauzw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chir
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chi
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daucy
    • IPA (Philippines): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-chir
    • Tâi-lô: tiô-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁵ ze¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu tsṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³³/

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. [Pinyin]

   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. [Pinyin]

   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. [Pinyin]

   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

• 兀鷲投資／兀鹫投资 (wùjiù tóuzī)
• 創業投資／创业投资 (chuàngyè tóuzī)
• 外商直接投資／外商直接投资 (wàishāng zhíjiē tóuzī)
• 投融資／投融资 (tóuróngzī)
• 投資人／投资人 (tóuzīrén)
• 投資商／投资商 (tóuzīshāng)
• 投資回報率／投资回报率 (tóuzī huíbàolǜ)
• 投資基金／投资基金 (tóuzī jījīn)
• 投資官／投资官 (tóuzīguān)
• 投資家／投资家 (tóuzījiā)
• 投資性／投资性 (tóuzīxìng)
• 投資環境／投资环境 (tóuzī huánjìng)
• 投資移民／投资移民 (tóuzī yímín)
• 投資端／投资端 (tóuzīduān)
• 投資組合／投资组合 (tóuzī zǔhé)
• 投資者／投资者 (tóuzīzhě)
• 投資銀行／投资银行 (tóuzī yínháng)
• 資本投資／资本投资 (zīběn tóuzī)
• 風險投資／风险投资 (fēngxiǎn tóuzī)

 

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーし [tòóshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕi]

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

• 出資(しゅっし) (shusshi)

Derived terms

• 投(とう)資(し)家(か) (tōshika, “investor”)

Descendants

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

See also

• 投(とう)機(き) (tōki)

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”).