投機

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See also: 投机

Chinese

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to throw; to send machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (投機)
simp. (投机)

Pronunciation

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Note: tô͘-ki - literary.

Verb

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投機

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

Derived terms

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Adjective

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投機

  1. congenial; agreeable

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3

Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

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Literary Chinese 投機 (tóujī, stone-throwing weapon; to make good use of opportunities to benefit/profit)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(とう)() (tōki

  1. (business, finance) speculation (investment involving higher-than-normal risk)

Descendants

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  • Chinese: 投機投机 (tóujī)
  • Korean: 투기 (tugi)
  • Vietnamese: đầu cơ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN