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投资人 (tóu zī rén) — investor

Definition

noun
investor
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 投资人。
    Tā shì zhè jiā chū chuàng gōng sī de tóu zī rén.
    He is the main investor of this startup.
  • 投资人。
    Hěn duō sǎn hù tóu zī rén zài gǔ shì zhōng kuī sǔn le.
    Many retail investors lost money in the stock market.
  • 投资人。
    Fáng dì chǎn tóu zī rén xū yào guān zhù zhèng cè biàn huà.
    Real estate investors need to pay attention to policy changes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

投资invest
投tóuput in资zīcapital
动宾Verb + object
人rénperson

投资 describes putting money into something, and 人 marks the person doing it.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
殳
殳shū投tóu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, and the right part 殳 gives the sound of the character.

Open 投 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 資; 资 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell-money
Sound part声符shēngfú
次
次cì資zī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 資 puts 次 above 貝, a shell-money sign, to write property or resource; 次 supplies the sound. The simplified 资 is a shorthand, so do not treat its parts as historical.

Open 资 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →
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