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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-ki / tiô-ki / tô͘-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóujī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuji
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-chi¹
    • Yale: tóu-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourji
    • Palladius: тоуцзи (touczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ gei¹
    • Yale: tàuh gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tiô-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioi'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: General 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

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

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 投機

1. congenial; agreeable

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Noun

投(とう)機(き) • (tōki) 

1. (business, finance) speculation, an investment involving higher than normal risk in order to obtain a higher than normal return