投 tóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
投机
tóujī
speculate; opportunistic; congenial
Characters in this word
机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 投机资金大量涌入楼市，往往会推高普通家庭的购房压力。 Tóujī zījīn dàliàng yǒngrù lóushì, wǎngwǎng huì tuīgāo pǔtōng jiātíng de gòufáng yālì. Large amounts of speculative capital flowing into the property market often push up the pressure on ordinary families buying homes.
- 我们一见面就谈得很投机，聊到了天黑。 Wǒmen yī jiànmiàn jiù tán de hěn tóujī, liáodàole tiān hēi. We hit it off as soon as we met and talked until dark.
- 他靠投机赚了不少钱，风险也很大。 Tā kào tóujī zhuànle bùshǎo qián, fēngxiǎn yě hěn dà. He made quite a lot of money through speculation, but the risk was also great.
Related words
- 投 tóu to throw
- 投入 tóurù to put into; to be absorbed in
- 投诉 tóusù to complain
- 投资 tóuzī to invest
- 投票 tóupiào to vote
- 投奔 tóubèn go to sb. for shelter; seek refuge with
- 投放 tóufàng put in; release; place
- 投稿 tóugǎo submit a manuscript
- 投射 tóushè project; cast
- 投身 tóushēn devote oneself to; throw oneself into
- 投降 tóuxiáng surrender; capitulate
- 投掷 tóuzhì throw; hurl