| 投机 | tóu jī | congenial / agreeable / to speculate / to profiteer |   |
| 推测 | tuī cè | speculation / to conjecture / to surmise / to speculate | |
| 炒 |  chǎo | to sauté / to stir-fry / to speculate (in real estate etc) / to scalp / to hype up / to sack / to fire (sb) | |
| 倒卖 | dǎo mài | to resell at a profit / to speculate | |
| 臆测 | yì cè | to speculate / to conjecture | |
| 自忖 | zì cǔn | to speculate / to ponder | |
| 倒把 | dǎo bǎ | to play the market / to speculate (on financial markets) / to profiteer | |
| 投契 | tóu qì | to get along well (with sb) / congenial / to speculate (on financial markets) | |
| 忖度 | cǔn duó | to speculate / to surmise / to wonder whether / to guess | |
| 囤积居奇 | tún jī jū qí | to hoard and profiteer / to speculate | |
| 倒买倒卖 | dǎo mǎi dǎo mài | to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate | |
| 买空卖空 | mǎi kōng mài kōng | to speculate / to play the market / (fig.) to sell hot air / to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator | |
| 忖 | cǔn | to ponder / to speculate / to consider / to guess | |
| 居奇 | jū qí | to hoard / to speculate / profiteering | |
| 悬揣 | xuán chuǎi | to speculate / to conjecture | |
| 思辨 | sī biàn | to think critically / (philosophy) to reason / to speculate | |
