投資

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 (とう)資 (し) (tōshi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuzī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄗ

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

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tóuzī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtzy
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: tàuh jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ji¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ zii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu² zi¹
    • IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chu
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauzw
    • IPA (Taipei): /taʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taʊ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chir
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tsir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chi
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daucy
    • IPA (Philippines): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi³³/
  • (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
    • 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

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

創業投資／创业投资 (chuàngyè tóuzī) 外商直接投資／外商直接投资 (wàishāng zhíjiē tóuzī) 投融資／投融资 (tóuróngzī) 投資人／投资人 (tóuzīrén) 投資回報率／投资回报率 (tóuzī huíbàolǜ) 投資基金／投资基金 (tóuzī jījīn)

投資家／投资家 (tóuzījiā) 投資環境／投资环境 (tóuzī huánjìng) 投資組合／投资组合 (tóuzī zǔhé) 投資者／投资者 (tóuzīzhě) 投資銀行／投资银行 (tóuzī yínháng)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とーし [tòóshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕi]

Noun

投資 (hiragana とうし, rōmaji tōshi)

1. investment

Verb

投資する (transitive, hiragana とうしする, rōmaji tōshi suru)

1. invest, speculate

   株 (かぶ)にお金 (かね)を投 (とう)資 (し)する

   kabu ni okane o tōshi suru

   invest money in stock

Conjugation

Conjugation of "投資する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	投資し	とうしし	tōshi shi
Continuative (連用形)	投資し	とうしし	tōshi shi
Terminal (終止形)	投資する	とうしする	tōshi suru
Attributive (連体形)	投資する	とうしする	tōshi suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	投資すれ	とうしすれ	tōshi sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN