HSK 6 · Money

投机 tóujī “to speculate” in Chinese

Traditional 投機

What 投机 means

  1. to speculate
  2. congenial
  3. opportunistic
  4. agreeable
  5. to profiteer

How to say 投机

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale投tóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level

投机 in a sentence

  1. 我们俩谈得很投机。

    Wǒmen liǎ tán de hěn tóujī.

    The two of us really hit it off.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他喜欢投机，想一夜之间发财。

    Tā xǐhuan tóujī, xiǎng yí yè zhī jiān fācái.

    He likes to speculate and wants to get rich overnight.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 投机 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 投 (tóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
投tóuto throw
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 殳weapon · shūSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 殳 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with tóu.

The character 机 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
机jīmachine; mechanism
  • 木tree · mù
  • 几table · jī

Memory aidA small table 几 made of wood 木: a machine. 几 (jī) also gives the sound.

How to write 投机

投 7 strokes · 机 6 strokes

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投机 (tóujī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 投机 (tóujī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 投机

Words with 投

投入tóurù · to put in投资tóuzī · investment投掷tóuzhì · to throw投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

Words with 机

飞机fēijī · aeroplane机场jīchǎng · airport手机shǒujī · mobile phone机票jīpiào · air ticket司机sījī · driver机会jīhuì · opportunity相机xiàngjī · camera耳机ěrjī · headphones关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)

More words: Money & Economy

衰退shuāituì · to decline摊tān · stall停滞tíngzhì · to stagnate通货膨胀tōnghuòpéngzhàng · inflation推销tuīxiāo · to promote无偿wúcháng · free of charge物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price物业wùyè · property

FAQs

投机 (tóujī) means “to speculate” or “congenial”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tóujī: tóu with a 2nd tone, then jī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 投机 is written 投機. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type touji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 投机 from the suggestions. Typing touji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
投机 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.