投机 (tóu jī) — to speculate (on financial markets); opportunistic; (of conversation or interaction) congenial, agreeable
Definition
Two unrelated senses: financial 'to speculate / opportunistic' (contrast with 推测 'to infer from evidence', and 炒股 'speculate in stocks' which is stock-specific) — and in conversation, 'congenial, hitting it off' (no sibling matches this sense).
to speculate (on financial markets)opportunistic(of conversation or interaction) congenialagreeable
Examples
- 投机，。Tā zài gǔ shì tóu jī, zhuàn le bù shǎo qián.He speculated in the stock market and made a lot of money.
- 投机。Méi xiǎng dào wǒ men dì yī cì liáo tiān jiù liáo dé zhè me tóu jī.I didn't expect that we would chat so congenially on our first talk.
- 。Zhè zhǒng tóu jī qǔ qiǎo de zuò fǎ chí zǎo huì chū shì.This kind of opportunistic shortcut will cause trouble sooner or later.
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