投机 tóujī congenial
congenial; agreeable; to speculate; to profiteer
How to remember 投机: 投 to pitch + 机 machine = congenial.
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How it is used
- Two senses. Congenial/hitting it off: 谈得很投机 (tán de hěn tóujī) have a great, meshing conversation.
- And speculating/profiteering: 投机倒把 (tóujī dǎobǎ) speculation and profiteering, 投机分子 (tóujī fènzǐ) an opportunist - this sense is negative.