投资
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
投资 (tóuzī) · to invest
投资 (tóuzī) means “to invest; investment”. It is written with 2 characters: 投 (to throw) + 资 (wealth). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 投资 is built
The characters
投 tóu · to throw
What 投 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 殳shū — tool
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
- 又yòu — and
- 几jǐ — small table
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 殳 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
资 zī · wealth
What 资 is made of
- 次cì — order
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 欠qiàn — to lack
- ⺈ — top shape
- 人rén — person
- 冫bīng — ice
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 贝 gives the meaning, 次 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他把钱投资在房子上。Tā bǎ qián tóuzī zài fángzi shàng.He invested his money in a house.
这个投资安全吗？Zhè ge tóuzī ānquán ma?Is this investment safe?
Questions about 投资
What does 投资 mean?
投资 (tóuzī) means “to invest; investment”.
How do you pronounce 投资?
投资 is pronounced tóuzī.
Which HSK level is 投资?
投资 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 投入tóurùto put into
- 投诉tóusùto complain
- 投机tóujīto get along well
- 投票tóupiàoto vote
- 投降tóuxiángto surrender
- 投掷tóuzhìto throw
- 投tóuto throw
- 工资gōngzīpay
- 资格zīgéqualification
- 资金zījīnfunds
Learn 投资 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 29: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.