投機

See also: 投机

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Note: tô͘-ki - literary.

Verb

投機

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

Derived terms

Adjective

投機

  1. 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

Noun

投(とう)機(き) • (tōki) 

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

Descendants

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

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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