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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóujī

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóujī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourji
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ gei¹
  - Yale: tàuh gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ géi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tâu-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dau'ky
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taʊ²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tiô-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioi'ky
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream 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.

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

Adjective

投機

congenial; agreeable

Japanese

Kanji in this term
投	機
とう Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) とーき [tóꜜòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ːkʲi]

Noun

投機 (hiragana とうき, rōmaji tōki)

(business, finance) An investment involving higher than normal risk in order to obtain a higher than normal return

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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