HSK 5 · Money

投资 tóuzī “investment” in Chinese

Traditional 投資

What 投资 means

  1. investment
  2. to invest

How to say 投资

  • 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资zī1st tone, high and level

投资 in a sentence

  1. 政府应该加大对农业的投资。

    Zhèngfǔ yīnggāi jiādà duì nóngyè de tóuzī.

    The government should invest more in agriculture.

    Sentence #2515316 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在我们看来，太阳能电池是一项很好的投资。

    Zài wǒmen kànlai, tàiyángnéng diànchí shì yí xiàng hěn hǎo de tóuzī.

    In our view, solar panels are a good investment.

    Sentence #5722742 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她能很准确地评估投资。

    Tā néng hěn zhǔnquè de pínggū tóuzī.

    She can assess investments very accurately.

    Sentence #802914 from Tatoeba

How 投资 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 资 (zī) with each of its parts in a different colour
资zīresources
  • 次order · cìSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 次 (cì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zī.

How to write 投资

投 7 strokes · 资 10 strokes

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

Words related to 投资

Words with 投

投入tóurù · to put in投掷tóuzhì · to throw投机tóujī · to speculate投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

Words with 资

工资gōngzī · wages资格zīgé · qualifications资料zīliào · material资金zījīn · funds资源zīyuán · resources资深zīshēn · senior物资wùzī · goods and materials资本zīběn · capital (economics)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund

More words: Money & Economy

税shuì · taxes损失sǔnshī · loss讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain投入tóurù · to put in消费xiāofèi · to consume押金yājīn · deposit优惠yōuhuì · preferential涨zhǎng · to rise (of prices

FAQs

投资 (tóuzī) means “investment” or “to invest”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tóuzī: tóu with a 2nd tone, then zī 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, 投资 is written 投資. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type touzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 投资 from the suggestions. Typing touzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
投资 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.