投资家 (tóu zī jiā) — investor (especially a professional or large-scale one)

Definition

noun
investor (especially a professional or large-scale one)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 投资家。
    Zhè wèi tóu zī jiā zài gǔ shì lǐ zhuàn le hěn duō qián.
    This investor made a lot of money in the stock market.
  • 投资家。
    Hěn duō tóu zī jiā kàn hǎo zhōng guó de kē jì háng yè.
    Many investors are optimistic about China's tech industry.
  • 投资家。
    Tā shì yí wèi chéng gōng de tóu zī jiā.
    He is a successful investor.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

投资invest
投tóuinvest资zīcapital
动宾Verb + object
家jiāspecialist

Investing capital plus the specialist word forms a professional investor.

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.

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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.

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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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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