外商直接投资

Traditional form:

外商直接投資

Pinyin (reading):

wàishāngzhíjiētóuzī

Definitions:

• overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI)

Characters:

• 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
• 商 - commerce, business, trade
• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
• 投 - to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 资 - wealth, property, capital

Traditional characters:

• 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
• 商 - commerce, business, trade
• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
• 投 - to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 資 - wealth, property, capital