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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 投資(とうし) (tōshi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuzī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèu-chṳ̂
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ ze¹

---

• 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/
• 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.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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

   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

(deprecated template usage)

---

Japanese

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

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

---

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”).