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投资者 (tóu zī zhě) — investor

Definition

noun
investor
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 投资者。
    Xǔ duō tóu zī zhě kàn hǎo zhè ge háng yè de qián jǐng.
    Many investors are optimistic about the prospects of this industry.
  • 投资者。
    Zhè wèi tóu zī zhě zài gǔ shì zhōng zhuàn le bù shǎo qián.
    This investor made quite a bit of money in the stock market.
  • 投资者。
    Gōng sī xū yào xī yǐn gèng duō tóu zī zhě lái kuò dà yè wù.
    The company needs to attract more investors to expand its business.

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tóuput in资zīcapital
动宾Verb + object
者zhěperson

投 puts in and 资 is capital; the person who invests is a 投资者.

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 form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →
Appears in
Finance & Banking

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