投機倒把

See also: 投机倒把

Chinese

		to seize an opportunity; to speculate; to engage in financial speculation	to resell for a windfall profit; to profiteer; to speculate
trad. (投機倒把)		投機	倒把
simp. (投机倒把)		投机	倒把

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóujī dǎobǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ ㄉㄠˇ ㄅㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ gei¹ dou² baa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóujī dǎobǎ [Phonetic: tóujīdáobǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ ㄉㄠˇ ㄅㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuji dǎobǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-chi¹ tao³-pa³
    • Yale: tóu-jī dǎu-bǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourji daobaa
    • Palladius: тоуцзи даоба (touczi daoba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ gei¹ dou² baa²
    • Yale: tàuh gēi dóu bá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ gei¹ dou² baa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ géi¹ dou² ba²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kei̯⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵ paː³⁵/

Idiom

投機倒把

1. to engage in speculation and profiteering