# 投資
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóuzī
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tau$^4$ zi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thèu-chṳ̂
    (Hailu, HRS): teu zii$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): têu$^2$ zi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-chu / tâu-chir / tâu-chi / tiô-chir
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dao$^5$ ze$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóuzī
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóuzih
*** Wade–Giles: tʻou$^2$-tzŭ$^1$
*** Yale: tóu-dz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtzy
*** Palladius: тоуцзы (touczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tau$^4$ zi$^1$
*** Yale: tàuh jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tau$^4$ dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: teo$^4$ ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-chṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: teu$^ˇ$ zii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: teu$^2$ zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: teu zii$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵⁵ t͡sɨ⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: têu$^2$ zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chu
*** Tâi-lô: tâu-tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dauzw
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chir
*** Tâi-lô: tâu-tsir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chi
*** Tâi-lô: tâu-tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daucy
*** IPA (Philippines): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡si³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-chir
*** Tâi-lô: tiô-tsir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dao$^5$ ze$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu tsṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³³/

### Verb

投資
* to invest (money); to invest in; to make an investment
    投資信心／投资信心 ― tóuzī xìnxīn ― investor confidence
    投資主體／投资主体 ― tóuzī zhǔtǐ ― investor entity
    投資機構／投资机构 ― tóuzī jīgòu ― investing institution
       Tóuzī zǒngshì yǒu fēngxiǎn yīnsù. [Pinyin]
       There is always an element of risk when making an investment.
       Nǐ zhǐ xūyào xiān tóuzī wǔshí kuài, ránhòu hěn kuài jiù kěyǐ huíběn le. [Pinyin]
       You only need an initial investment of 50 dollars, and you can get that back very quickly.

### Noun

投資
* investment (of money) (Classifier: 筆／笔)
    股權投資／股权投资 ― gǔquán tóuzī ― equity investment
    投資退出／投资退出 ― tóuzī tuìchū ― investment exit
    投資准入／投资准入 ― tóuzī zhǔnrù ― investment access
    投資方案／投资方案 ― tóuzī fāng'àn ― investment plan
    投資邏輯／投资逻辑 ― tóuzī luójí ― investment logic
    加大投資／加大投资 ― jiādà tóuzī ― to increase investment
    吸引外商投資／吸引外商投资 ― xīyǐn wàishāng tóuzī ― to attract foreign investment
       Yǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]
       He was advised to diversify his investments.

#### Usage notes

投資／投资 (tóuzī) can only refer to the investment of money; for the investment of time, energy and other things, use 投入 (tóurù).

#### Derived terms

* 兀鷲投資／兀鹫投资 (wùjiù tóuzī)
* 創業投資／创业投资 (chuàngyè tóuzī)
* 外商直接投資／外商直接投资 (wàishāng zhíjiē tóuzī)
* 投融資／投融资 (tóuróngzī)
* 投資不過山海關／投资不过山海关 (tóuzī bù guò Shānhǎiguān)
* 投資人／投资人 (tóuzīrén)
* 投資商／投资商 (tóuzīshāng)
* 投資回報率／投资回报率 (tóuzī huíbàolǜ)
* 投資基金／投资基金 (tóuzī jījīn)
* 投資官／投资官 (tóuzīguān)
* 投資家／投资家 (tóuzījiā)
* 投資性／投资性 (tóuzīxìng)
* 投資環境／投资环境 (tóuzī huánjìng)
* 投資移民／投资移民 (tóuzī yímín)
* 投資端／投资端 (tóuzīduān)
* 投資組合／投资组合 (tóuzī zǔhé)
* 投資者／投资者 (tóuzīzhě)
* 投資銀行／投资银行 (tóuzī yínháng)
* 資本投資／资本投资 (zīběn tóuzī)
* 風險投資／风险投资 (fēngxiǎn tóuzī)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 投 | 資 |
| とう Grade: 3 | し Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とーし [tòóshí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [to̞ːɕi]

### Noun

投(とう)資(し) • (tōshi)
* investment

### Verb

投(とう)資(し)する • (tōshi suru) transitive suru (stem 投(とう)資(し)し (tōshi shi), past 投(とう)資(し)した (tōshi shita))
* invest, speculate
    株(かぶ)にお金(かね)を投資(とうし)する
       kabu ni okane o tōshi suru
       invest money in stock

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 投資し | とうしし | tōshi shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 投資し | とうしし | tōshi shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 投資する | とうしする | tōshi suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 投資する | とうしする | tōshi suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 投資すれ | とうしすれ | tōshi sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 ||||

#### Synonyms

* 出資(しゅっし) (shusshi)

#### Derived terms

* 投(とう)資(し)家(か) (tōshika, “investor”)

### Descendants

* → Chinese: 投資／投资 (tóuzī)
* → Korean: 투자 (tuja)
* → Vietnamese: đầu tư

### See also

* 投(とう)機(き) (tōki)

### References

* ↑ 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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 投 | 資 |

### Noun

投資 • (tuja) (hangeul 투자)
* hanja form of 투자 (“investment”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 投 | 資 |

### Verb

投資
* chữ Hán form of đầu tư (“to invest”).