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投資
投資
See also: 投资
Chinese
| to throw; to send | resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
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| trad. (投資) | 投 | 資 | |
| simp. (投资) | 投 | 资 | |
Verb
投資
- to invest (money)
Noun
投資
- investment (of money) (Classifier: 筆／笔)
Usage notes
投資／投资 can only refer to the investment of money; for the investment of time, energy and other things, use 投入 (tóurù).
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 投 | 資 |
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とう Grade: 3 |
し Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
投資 (hiragana とうし, romaji tōshi)
Verb
投資する (transitive, hiragana とうしする, romaji tōshi suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "投資する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tau4 zi1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèu-chṳ̂
- Min Nan (POJ): tâu-chu / tâu-chir / tiô-chir
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄗ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtzy
- IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: tau4 zi1
- Yale: tàuh jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau4 dzi1
- IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-chṳ̂
- Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ zii´
- Hagfa Pinyim: teu2 zi1
- IPA: /tʰe̯u¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chu
- Tâi-lô: tâu-tsu
- Phofsit Daibuun: dauzw
- IPA (Xiamen): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /taʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /taʊ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chir
- Tâi-lô: tâu-tsir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-chir
- Tâi-lô: tiô-tsir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɤ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)